RABBIT is a print journal for nonfiction poetry, based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded by Jessica L. Wilkinson in mid-2011 and will soon release its 39th issue.
A pioneer in the field, RABBIT intends to celebrate the potential for poetry to explore and interrogate the boundaries of nonfiction writing. RABBIT encourages poets to openly engage with auto/biography, history, politics, economics, mathematics, cultural analysis, science, the environment, and all other aspects of real world experience, recollection and interpretation.
RABBIT publishes all things poetry – poems, reviews, essays on poetry and poetics, interviews with poets, and visual art by poets – with an emphasis on new and emerging rabbits (poets) and a focus on supporting Australian poetry.
Some of the contributors to the journal include Jordie Albiston, Natalie Harkin, Johanna Drucker, Dennis Cooley, Craig Santos Perez, Jaya Savige, Justin Clemens, Jennifer Compton, Jane Hirshfield, Kenneth Goldsmith, Stuart Cooke, Melody Paloma, Lisa Gorton, Duncan Hose, Michael Farrell, Petra White, Cassandra Atherton, Liam Ferney, Miriam Wei Wei Lo, Amy Brown, Alison Whittaker, Anna Jackson, Alex Skovron, Alvin Pang, joanne burns, Robert Sullivan, Ian McBryde, Jeanine Leane, Kate Middleton, Jill Jones, Bonny Cassidy, Patrick Jones, Eileen Myles, Ann Vickery, Lesley Wheeler, Ania Walwicz, Pierre Joris, Peter Boyle, Ken Bolton, Fiona Hile and Pam Brown.
We are delighted to announce that we are reading manuscripts for the next suite of books in the Rabbit Poets Series. Submissions are open to Australian-based poets at all stages - emerging, mid-career or established. While we are keen to continue to see new poets into print, we are also keen to focus specifically on long form works of nonfiction poetry - e.g. documentary poetry, poetic life writing, poetic history, poetic biography, science poetry etc. - or manuscripts with a strong thematic through line.
Please note that, as we are not requesting a submissions fee for this process, we will not be able to provide feedback on submissions.
Submissions must be accompanied by:
- Bio 100 words max.
- Overview of manuscript
- Full contact details: current address, phone, email