Cordite Poetry Review is proud to announce a new partnership and support from the City of Melbourne. This means that our plans for a special issue, MELBOURNE, in response to Astrid Lorange’s beguiling SYDNEY, will proceed.

MELBOURNE will be guest-edited by Michael Farrell.

There will be an open submissions component to the special issue, though when we will begin accepting poems (one per person) is not yet finalised. But I must say now, unequivocally, that you NEED NOT be living in Melbourne to be eligible to submit. In fact, perhaps you’ve never once been there? More news on this special issue soon …