About
We wish to acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal people as the traditional custodians of the lands on which this publication was founded and is edited. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and that these lands have been places of storytelling for thousands of years.
Blue Bottle Journal is a Brisbane-based online publication seeking poetry that stings, work that burns us long after reading.
We are largely interested in new, emerging voices in the Australian poetry scene and abroad. Blue Bottle hopes to elevate marginalised voices including people of colour, queer, gender diverse, emerging, older and disabled poets. We are also open to work by established poets but will prioritise new names wherever possible. We hope to be a first or early publication for many ambitious poets, young or old.
We are particularly interested in work that is emotional rather than esoteric, for poems that pulse, writhe, and stick to our skin. A key focus of our catalogue to date has been based on the natural world, animals and land through ecocritical lenses. We also go bananas for poems that can be easily paired online with a gripping visual/are alive with colour and tone. Feel free to dip into our archives for examples of work we love.
Some of our inspirations in creating this journal have been Slink Chunk Press, #EnbyLife, Baby Teeth Journal, and Stilts Journal, among others. We strongly encourage our readers and contributors to follow these fantastic online journals, to read their work and submit to them.
Blue Bottle Journal is a Brisbane-based online publication seeking poetry that stings, work that burns us long after reading.
We are largely interested in new, emerging voices in the Australian poetry scene and abroad. Blue Bottle hopes to elevate marginalised voices including people of colour, queer, gender diverse, emerging, older and disabled poets. We are also open to work by established poets but will prioritise new names wherever possible. We hope to be a first or early publication for many ambitious poets, young or old.
We are particularly interested in work that is emotional rather than esoteric, for poems that pulse, writhe, and stick to our skin. A key focus of our catalogue to date has been based on the natural world, animals and land through ecocritical lenses. We also go bananas for poems that can be easily paired online with a gripping visual/are alive with colour and tone. Feel free to dip into our archives for examples of work we love.
Some of our inspirations in creating this journal have been Slink Chunk Press, #EnbyLife, Baby Teeth Journal, and Stilts Journal, among others. We strongly encourage our readers and contributors to follow these fantastic online journals, to read their work and submit to them.