The ACU Prize for Poetry is open for submissions.
Submission Guidelines & Terms of Entry
- The theme for the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry is Belonging.
- Accepting poems of up to 60 lines.
- Poems must be in English, be the original work of entrants and unpublished (including on any website or blog).
- Open to Australian residents, including any international student currently studying at an Australian university, are eligible to enter.
- ACU staff members (except the panel of judges) and ACU students are eligible to enter.
Judges: Emeritus Professor Margot Hillel OAM and Professor Robert H F Carver
Entry fee: $25
Prizes: First prize: $10,000, Second prize: $5,000, Third prize: $3,000, Highly commended: $750
Deadline: Sunday 1 June 2025
All details, all submissions via their website.