Published 14 October 200823 October 2008 · Main Posts Poetry Idol 2009 admin This is announcement from Michael Crane, the well-known Melbourne poet: The Paradise Anthology presents Poetry Idol 2009. First prize $2000 plus 2 x $500 runner ups with the finalists to perform at the 2009 Age Melbourne Writers Festival. All heat winners will be published in the Paradise Anthology – go to www.paradiseanthology.com. Come to the December 2nd Poetry idol event to be held at the St Kilda Library to register expression of interest. Heats in 2009 will be held at St Kilda, Toorak, Mornington, Greensborough, Altona, Carlton and Box Hill libraries. Poets: contact Michael Crane mfcrane2000@yahoo.com To get in the mood for Poetry Idol, you might want to check out the array of poetic talent on display at Overland. Try, for instance, here, here, here and here. admin More by admin › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.