Melbourne Poets Union

Banner image by Brendan Bonsack

**NEWS**

Our thanks to 2018 International Poetry Competition judge Joel Deane for his superb work and congratulations to our winners and commended poets.

First: Brett Dionysius (Qld) “My Father on a Horse, Date Unknown”
Second: Ross Gillett (VIC) “Paling Fence”
Third: Philip Neilson (Qld) “Genetics"

Martin Downey, Urban Realist Award
Rob Wallis, (VIC) "The Hours Alone "

For the full list of winning and commended poems, to read the 1st & 2nd place poems, to read Joel Deane's speech from the IPC Awards Night, and to see heaps of photos from the night by Brendan Bonsack and Di Cousens (phew!) click HERE

(updated: Dec. 28th, 2018)

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'So what's happening with MPU, what are you lot up to?'

We're not doing much right now really, taking a bit of a break. One of us is working on the website at the moment, uploading photos and, well, writing text for the front page that he doesn't imagine anyone will actually read. There not much correspondence to take care of over Xmas-New Years but rest assured we will be back to busy come January. We're working on the 2019 calendar with some very exciting things coming up that we look forward to telling you about. But right now the weather's pretty nice and it's good to relax. See you in the new year.

SITE UPDATES

Currently (December 29, 2018) updating committee bios and photos. Click HERE to see where we're up to with that. Generally working on the prettiness and functionality of the whole site. tell us what you think, suggestions welcome.

RECENT EVENTS

MPU Christmas + End of Year Party
@The Night Heron, Footscray
Sunday December 9th

Yes it's that time of the year again where we gather our friends, loved ones and colleagues together to celebrate another fine year of poetry. Click HERE for all the details.

2018 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Comp
AWARDS NIGHT
November 30th, 6pm

Click HERE for the winners list, photos, Joel Deane's speech text and oh, all sorts of things.

MPU Chapbooks - currently updating pages

We are currently getting our chapbook author pages up to date, so keep checking back to make sure you have all the MPU titles in your collection. It'll take a little while but we'll get there (there are quite a lot of books y'know). Elizabeth Beaton's book can be found right HERE.

Most recent Chapbook launch
Lyn Chatham's Artisan December 1st, 3pm
@ Eastern Hub, Geelong

Lyn's book will be launched by John Bartlett with an introduction by editor Julie McLean.

Eastern Hub is located at 285a McKillop St, East Geelong.

Click HERE for launch details and relevant bios

A small part of a bigger story

Melbourne Poets Union has been operating since 1977. In those 41 years we have seen many changes to the Australian arts landscape. We keep striving to put poets in clear view of modern Australia with events, competitions, print and online publications and all manner of opportunities.

Click HERE for more MPU history.