Australian Poetry Book Publishers 2025
The Australian Poetry Publishers directory is a portal for poets to have their poems published, to encourage Australian poetry to be purchased and to support Australian Poetry Publishers in enabling poets to have the opportunity to be published. Publishers on this list are those who publish poetry within Australia.
For information updates please get in touch with Les Wicks: LWicks@poetrysydney.org
B
Busybird
A fee-for-service indie publisher. You are charged only for the services you require and retain 100% of your rights and your royalties.
C
Collective Effort Press
Facebook. No unsolicited at this stage. But open to contributions to its magazine Unusual Work.
D
Dangerously Poetic
No unsolicited at this time. Byron based.
D
Dragonfly Publishing
Welcomes submissions in 2025.
F
Five Islands Press
Open for submissions in June, or July for their 2026 program.
F *
Flying Islands
Not open for submissions. Annual manuscript competition for Emerging Poets.
F *
Fremantle Press
Welcomes unsolicited manuscripts from new and emerging Western Australian poets.
G
Gazebo Books
Life Before Manuscript Series. No unsolicited submissions.
G *
Giramondo Publishing
Open for manuscript submissions to 1 February 2025.
I
Ingram Spark
Not a publisher, printing and distribution for self publish.
I
Interactive Publications Pty Ltd
Open for submissions, 1 February – 30 November 2025. Reading fee for unsolicited submissions. Some waivers apply.
M *
Magabala Books
Publishing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander poets. No unsolicited submissions.
M *
Melbourne Poets Union Publishing
Chapbooks/anthologies – competitions based selection for chapbooks.
P
Publicious
Assisting authors to self-publish with a range of services.
P *
Puncher & Wattmann
Is usually open for submissions from 15 November to 15 December 2025.
R *
Recent Work Press
Has an open submission period. Check website for details.
R *
Riverina Writing House
A publishing house for writers and writing in rural NSW.
W
Wakefield Press
Accepts submissions during specified periods. We only accept complete collections.
Listings marked with * did not respond to our queries and those publishers thus marked had information gleaned from their website.
This list was compiled by Les Wicks for Poetry Sydney. Every effort was made to ensure it was correct but apologies are made for any mistakes. We urge you to look at the array of links, maybe buy some great Australian poetry!
Photograph: Les Wicks, Vessels of Love over Valetine’s Day weekend at Barrangaroo, ps. 2021.
