Submissions open for the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

I encourage budding young poets to put their writing skills to the test in the 2014 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards. Submissions to Australia’s longest running poetry competition for students opened on March 1. Poetry is an age-old art form that delights and inspires many. One of my personal favourites is Tennyson’s Ulysses. I have often…