• You are eligible to submit poems to this collection if you live in Australia or are an Australian citizen living overseas
• You can submit up to 3 poems that have never been published before
• Your poems can be no longer than 40 lines
• Your poems will be accepted until midnight April 26
• Please layout your poems in 12 point font with 1.5 spacing
• Email submissions preferred. Please send poems in a MS Word Document to [email protected]. Send hard copy submission to P.O. Box 310, Carlton South, 3053
• Include: the title of your poem, your name, your email and postal address, phone number and a 50 word biography

We are able to pay $80 for poems selected in this manuscript and each poet will receive a copy of Australian Love Poems 2013. We expect to publish this collection by July 2013. All poets will be notified of their acceptance by 30 June 2013.

Please do not send your submissions to the editor of this volume. All submissions must be sent to [email protected] or they will not be included for consideration in Australian Love Poems 2013.