Published 16 September 201422 September 2014 · News / Writing / Announcement The 2014 Poetry Prize Editorial team The Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, the richest prize in Australia for emerging poets, is now open. Established in 2007, with support from the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the prize aims to foster poetry by writers who have not yet published a book of poems under their own name (see the prize guidelines for details). The 2014 major prize is $6000, with a second prize of $2000 and a third prize of $1000. All three winning poems will also be published in Overland. The competition will be judged by Overland poetry editor, Peter Minter, with winners announced in the first issue of Overland in 2015. Please read the prize guidelines and confirm your eligibility before submitting. Enter the competition. Editorial team More by Editorial team › 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 10 March 202610 March 2026 · Writing The role of the committed writer in an unfree world André Dao No, the committed writer is a movement writer. I mean that the committed writer knows that they know very little, and that the way to remedy that ignorance is through solidarity with people in struggle. 1 1 December 20251 December 2025 · Writing With respect to the poor essay Jonno Revanche Style is now a feature that we surrender to a digital pattern recognition machine, which attempts to replicate our own but often falls short, feeling convincing enough but too superficial in its noticing to get to the heart of human concerns.
