Melbourne Poets Union

Welcome to MPU online - We're 41 years old!

NEWSFLASH
Yeah it's been a while between updates... so let's get to it.

It's been a heck of year and we have lots more to come over the next five months. The MPU International Poetry Competition is opening soon (stay tuned), we're heading to Castlemaine for a gig in a couple of weeks, we have wonderful features and exciting adventures in publishing and entertainment. We're still here! There are many updates coming on the website and we'll try to get the website in crack shape over the next week.
(Aug 11, 2018)

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2018 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Comp
Opening Soon

The MPU IPC is coming back with cash prizes and a great new judge TBA ASAP (trust us, we know who it is and they're fantastic, we're just working the timeline, I'm following the committee minutes and the date is soon). Keep your eyes on the comp page HERE for breaking news.

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August 2018 Event
MPU Outside Melbourne -
Castlemaine, August 25th

Once a year we like to get out of Melbourne and hang out with our friends in other parts of Victoria (and take some of our Melbourne friends with us). This year we're proud to present an afternoon with Alan Pentland, Andy Jackson and Klare Lanson at The Taproom - Shedshaker Brewing. Click HERE for details.

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.