{"id":7709,"date":"2026-01-04T19:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7709"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:27:44","slug":"p-cordite-poetry-review-seeking-poetry-on-the-theme-fit","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/p-cordite-poetry-review-seeking-poetry-on-the-theme-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"P – Cordite Poetry Review Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you fit? For the job? For a run? A gender? For life? Are you fit for purpose? Not fitting is maybe part and parcel of being a POET. But we still want to fit into the culture in which we live. Do we? Or be extremely unfitting. I read articles about middle aged people who want to still be able to fit into their old jeans \/ bathers \/ wedding dress.\u00a0I don\u2019t know where I fit anymore,<\/em>\u00a0they seem to be saying.\u00a0Let me return to an (imagined) past where things fitted me and I was fit.<\/em>\u00a0I saw my father fit once and was frightened. We must stay fit to fend off illness, aging, death. We must! Mustn\u2019t we?<\/p>\n

What fits inside a poem? What is unfit for poetry? My questions stem from my own uncertainty. I procrastinated going for a run while I wrote this and now the weather is inclement. You might share such messiness. Equally, you might have beautifully crafted paeons that match your resting heart rate. Odes to your Strava goals. Sonnets of hatred about the fitness industrial complex. The awkward, terrible feelings of being a person. Forever not quite fitting. Can we provide succour for ourselves, for others, in whatever outfit, unfit, fitful ways we bring words to the page?<\/p>\n

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Submissions<\/h1>\n
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Submission to\u00a0Cordite\u00a0119: FIT<\/a><\/strong>, with poetry guest-edited by Emilie Collyer, closes\u00a011.59pm Melbourne time<\/a>\u00a0on 10 January 2026.<\/p>\n

We celebrate 29 years of publishing in 2025. Please\u00a0consider making a DGR tax-free donation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Submissions for Cordite Scholarly are always accepted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Submissions of poetry in translation can be sent to our Translations Editor at any time: alice [@] cordite.org.au.<\/b><\/p>\n

The following conditions apply to all other poetry submissions:<\/p>\n