Sue Ellson Poems Entered In Awards and Submitted Elsewhere
For broader publication
Below is a list of the poems (and other writings) that I have entered in Awards and submitted elsewhere since 2022.
You can see the Books and Writing Entered In Awards and Submitted Elsewhere here.
A large number of my poems have been re-published elsewhere.
More details about my poems are on my main poems page.
I welcome requests for commissions, simply contact me directly if you would like me to write some poetry for you or your publication.
Date Entered
Award Name
Submission Details
Outcome
16 June
2025
Australian Poetry Best of Australian Poems 2025 Opened 6 June 2025. Australian poets, whether based in Australia or overseas, are invited to submit up to three poems.
Best of Australian Poems is an annual anthology collecting previously published and unpublished poems to create a poetic snapshot and barometer of the year that was. Capturing the richness and diversity of Australian poetry across a timeframe of 1 July 2024–30 June 2025, the series (now in its fifth year) explores how poetic responses to the contemporary moment develop with each passing year. This year’s Guest Editors are Nam Le and Jill Jones, a powerhouse combination of most highly respected poets, authors and editors. AP is thrilled to be working with Jill and Nam on this volume. The Guest Editors will also independently read as widely as possible work published in this time period by Australia’s incredible poetry sector, including journals, magazines, individual collections and anthologies. They may also independently solicit work for consideration at their discretion.
Submissions close on 30 June 2025.
One Poem Submitted
– ‘Un Australian‘
A 52 line poem that recognises a shift in the Australian culture that has been seduced by technology and profits and gains and has lost its mateship element, asking where do we go from here?
Entered one poem.
Successful submissions will be notified in September 2025. Best of Australian Poems 2025 will be published on 1 November 2025.
7 June
2025
The 2025 Poetry d’Amour Love Poetry Contest is part of 2025 Poetry d’Amour and is coordinated by WA Poets Inc. (WAPoets).
The Belgian Literary Festival – St Amour, inspires this event.
Love in popular culture is so overrun and overwrought with mass-market metaphor that it’s hard, especially in love’s thrall, to find language unsaid before, to find words that do justice.
It is the intention of Poetry d’Amour to explore new and intriguing ways of saying “I love you”.
WA Poets Inc (WAPI) was established in 2006 as an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation managed and operated by volunteers.
WAPI is dedicated to the promotion, presentation and professional development of poets and poetry in Western Australia, and presenting Western Australian poetry to local, national and global audiences.
Submissions close on 8 June 2025.
Two Poems Submitted
– ‘Where is love?‘
A 28 line poem asking where do we find love despite our expectations about what it is. The poem ultimately reveals that it is a blessing that is part of everyone’s fate. I wrote this based on the theme of ‘love’ before I read the inspiration for the event – so then I entered a second one!
– ‘I Love You‘
A 36 line poem reflecting on the aspects of how another person can make me feel and how being in love can also help us both with the final part providing a faithful declaration that it will be ‘ever new’
Entered one poem.
First Prize: $500 cash prize and the opportunity to perform the winning entry at the launch of the Poetry d’Amour 2025 anthology**
Runner Up: $300 cash prize and the opportunity to perform the winning entry at the launch of the Poetry d’Amour 2025 anthology**
2 x Highly Commended Certificates**
2 x Commended Certificates**
Prizes will be awarded at the launch of the anthology Poetry d’Amour 2025 as part of the 2025 Perth Poetry Festival on Thursday 22 August 2025 at the State Library of WA Theatre. All prize winners will be invited to read their winning entry on stage.
31 May
2025
The Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) 2025 Poetry Prize for Emerging Writers competition is open to emerging writers who do not have a full-length, single-authored, commercially published, print publication in poetry. Emerging writers who have published in electronic format only, or who have published work in collections showcasing multiple authors, are eligible. The Prize will be launched at the AAWP annual conference. Submissions close on 30 June 2025.
One Poem Submitted – ‘Family Tree‘
A 32 line poem about understanding what is ‘just us’ versus what is part of our family of origin or our family of choice inspired by visiting the Frida Kahlo exhibition in Bendigo, Victoria.
Entered one poem. The winner receives a festival pass to Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) [in Bali, Indonesia] and accommodation for the duration of the festival and a one-year annual membership to the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and fully subsidised conference fees to attend the annual conference of the AAWP).
The winner will be announced on the UWRF website and the AAWP website no later than 30 September 2025.
The editors at Meniscus will also consider the work for publication. Meniscus is an online, free access literary journal published by the AAWP. The editors and advisory board are based in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and welcome submissions from writers anywhere in the world. Meniscus publishes high quality, innovative poetry, short fiction, and creative essays in two issues in April and October each year.
31 May
2025
The Australian Catholic University ACU Prize for Poetry is inspired by the Catholic Church’s longstanding tradition as a patron of the arts and the ACU Prize for Poetry has become one of Australia’s most prized poetry awards since its inception in 2013. The 2025 Theme is ‘Belonging’ and is based on the quote “If we have no peace, we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa
Submissions close 16 June 2025.
One Poem Submitted – ‘Belonging‘
A 36 line poem about moving away from any expectations related to belonging and defining ourselves and pausing to self-reflect on how people, place and purpose make all belonging perfect.
Entered one poem. Shortlisted entrants will be notified by email.
The winning, highly commended, and shortlisted poems will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 6 November 2025. The winning and commended works will be displayed at the Awards ceremony. The results will be published on the ACU website and may be published in external publications including newspapers, magazines etc. First prize: $10,000; Second prize: $5,000; Third prize: $3,000; Highly commended: $750.
26 May
2025
The Quartet Journal is an online journal of poems written by women over the age of 50 partly supported by the Delaware Division of the Arts and is based in the USA. Submissions are accepted on a quarterly basis for three editions per year — Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall – Submitted to Fall edition between 1 May and 1 June.
Three Poems Submitted – ‘Cognitive Fusion‘
A 20 line poem about our mind and body feeling fused together but realising that we can heal and be real.
‘Not Yet‘
A 20 line poem about not doing something yet but despite that, the possibility of doing it in the future.
‘Universal Love‘
A 28 line poem about universal love being present without any requirement and always accessible.
Entered three poems to be considered for the online Fall issue.
19 May
2025
The Minds Shine Bright Places Writing Competition is for poetry, micro or flash fiction or a short story about the places where we live, the places we love, the places we leave. Submissions close 31 May 2025.
Poem Submitted – ‘Places‘
A 48 line poem that reflects on my own journey of moving from Adelaide to Melbourne and how it has helped me become who I am today.
Entered one poem.
Long and Short List Winners will be announced in November 2025. All winning and commended entries will be published in the Minds Shine Bright Places anthology
5 May
2025
2025 The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize is for a poem of no more than 50 lines and is a biennial award is named in honour of a much-loved member of The Society of Women Writers Victoria Submissions close 5 May 2025.
Poem Submitted – ‘Hunger‘
A 24 line poem that suggests I would like to stay ‘hungry’ in life so that I continue to be grateful for what I have but also keep striving to do more.
Entered one poem.
Winners announced 18 July 2025.
Winning entries will be published in the Society’s anthology, Sparx
13 April
2025
Liquid Amber Press
The 2025 Poetry Prize Submissions close 27 April 2025.
Poetry of Flight – Explore the idea of ‘flight’ – and to take it in whatever direction you wish.
Poem submitted – ‘If I Could Fly.’
A poem that reflects on how you would live your life if you could fly and how to think about flying if you can’t.
Entered one poem.
Longlist announced:
July, 2025
Winners announced:
August 2025
Anthology launched:
Poetry Zoom, November 2025
31 August
2024
Red Room Poetry
Poetry Month 2024
#30in30
During the month of August, Poets are invited to write a poem a day based on the prompts provided. Here is my list of 31 poems in #30in30 for Poetry Month 2024.
Entered 31 poems and regularly received Likes on social media
31 July
2024
Australian Poetry Submissions close 1 August 2024.
Annual Callout for Submissions – Mine included Australia, Digital Dementia, Mask.
Entered three poems
31 August
2023
Red Room Poetry
Poetry Month 2023
#30in30
During the month of August, Poets are invited to write a poem a day based on the prompts provided. Here is my list of 16 poems in #30in30 for Poetry Month 2023.
Entered 16 poems and regularly received Likes on social media
31 July
2023
Australian Poetry Submissions close 1 August 2023.
Annual Callout for Submissions – Mine included What If I Imagined, Post Traumatic Growth and Final Straw.
Entered three poems
21 April
2023
Little Infinite Poetry competition about ‘Poetry for life’ and what poetry means to me. Submissions close 15 May 2023.
One poem submitted – ‘Poetry for life‘
A 12 line poem about how poetry captures the essence of life.
Entered a 12 line poem
31 August
2022
Red Room Poetry
Poetry Month 2022
#30in30 During the month of August, Poets are invited to write a poem a day based on the prompts provided.
31 Poems submitted – Here is my list of #30in30 for Poetry Month 2022.
Regularly received Likes on social media
17 August
2022
Writers Victoria ‘The Victorian Writer‘ Magazine
One Poem submitted – ‘Unravel‘
For initial consideration in the December issue but was later moved to March 2023.
30 September 2020
Rabbit 32: The Form Issue
Rabbit is a journal for non-fiction poetry based in Melbourne, Australia which publishes local and international poets with an emphasis on emerging poets. Rabbit publishes all things poetry: poems, reviews, essays, and interviews with poets.
Three poems submitted – ‘The Change,’ ‘Love is a virus‘ and ‘Unsaid‘.’