Music
Publications of The Poet Mj’s Works
Canberra’s Write On Festival
April 2020 Published
Published my prose titled ‘Admella’ in Canberra’s Write On Festival – Anthology 2020
Dime Show Review
January 2020 Published
Published my ten word story titled ‘Murdoch’, online and print publication
https://www.dimeshowreview.com/murdoch-by-melinda-jane/
https://www.dimeshowreview.com/?s=murdoch
January 2019 Published
Published my ten word story titled ‘Peter Rabbit’, online and print publication
https://www.dimeshowreview.com/peter-rabbit-by-the-poet-mj/
The Anti-Languorous Project
January 2020 Published
Published my spoken word piece / poem ‘The Five-clawed Dragon’ in their soundbite volume 4 online @ 25:40 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZGoU45Qr04&feature=youtu.be
January 2019 Published
Published my poem ‘Kit’ in their annual print edition
September 2018 Published
Published my spoken word piece / poem ‘I pause, while you breathe’ in their soundbite volume 1 online
September 2018 Published
Published my poem ‘Kit’ in Issue 2 online magazine
Poets Reading the News
November 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Flaming’ in Poets Reading the News – Journalism in Verse and email weekly bulletin to members
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2019/11/flaming/
June 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Gweilos’ in Poets Reading the News – Journalism in Verse and email weekly bulletin to members
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2019/06/gweilos/
June 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Alphabet Soup’ in Poets Reading the News – Journalism in Verse and email weekly bulletin to members
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2019/06/alphabet-soup/
May 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Koala Bears’ in Poets Reading the News – Journalism in Verse and email weekly bulletin to members
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2019/05/koalas/
April 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Whom do I address?’ in Poets Reading the News – Journalism in Verse and email weekly bulletin to members
http://www.poetsreadingthenews.com/2019/04/thepoetmj-address/
Rattle
October 2019 Published
Published my spoken word piece / poem ‘Cubism Day’ online YouTube Open Mic | Rattlecast #15, Time @ 1:10:30 to 1:17:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzLYvEbJ0w8
September 2019 Published
Published my spoken word piece / poem ‘Arlines’ online YouTube Open Mic | Rattlecast #7, Time @ 1:30:00 to 1:34:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvW_AAYTPfM
The Blue Nib
October 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Filigree’ in The Blue Nib magazine Issue 40
Poets Choice
October 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Baboon Lived in a House of Bees’ in E-Book from Poets Choice
cahoodaloodaling
September 2019 Nominated
Nominated for Best of the Net for my poem titled ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Kookaburra’
http://cahoodaloodaling.com/2019-best-of-the-net-nominations/
October 2018 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Kookaburra’ in Issue 27 – Joy Sticks online magazine
http://cahoodaloodaling.com/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-kookaburra-by-melinda-jane-the-poet-mj/
The Paragon Press
September 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Whom do I address?’ in Snollygoster: A Conversation About Politics in magazine online
https://issuu.com/theparagonjournal/docs/snollygoster
August 2018 Published
Published my poem ‘Cubism Day’ in The Martian Chronicle – Publishers Journal Online
https://www.theparagonjournal.com/the-martian-chronicle
July 2018 Published
Published my poems ‘Oranges’ and ‘Hamzeh – A Jordan Bookseller’ in K?an – Publishers Journal Online
https://www.theparagonjournal.com/koan-about
Genre: Urban Arts
September 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Bespoke Spoke Applecart’ in Genre: Urban Arts’ No. 8 Print
https://www.genreurbanarts.com/
Ginninderra Press
‘Nature’s Nuptials’ Written by Melinda Jane
August 2019 Published
Published my poetry book titled ‘Natures Nuptials’, twenty four poems titled in order as followed Your Sea, Briefly Butterfly, Cat, Apricot Jam, Rain, Verandah Art, Common Froglet, The Birds in Me, The Race, Sea Dance, Full Moon, A kaleidoscope flutter swarm of Butterflies, Serpentine, Riverbend, Memoirs of a Diary, Camouflaged, Bowing Waves, The She-Oaks Bend, Schubert Impromptu No 3 Piano Played On, River Water in the Veins, Nature, Obsession, Screens and Deciduous.
https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/
https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/store.php?catalog/all/-/date/1
https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/store.php?product/page/2000/Melinda+Jane+%2F+Nature%27s+Nuptials
Reality Break Press
July 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘The Long Rain’ in Reality Break Press – Inaugural Issue 2019
Hunter Writers Centre
July 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Galloway’ in Hunter Writers Centre – Grieve Anthology 2019
https://hunterwriterscentre.org/
The Book Smuggler’s Den
May 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Rosemary Summers’ in The Book Smuggler’s Den in magazine online
https://booksmugglersden.com/portfolio/rosemary-summers-melinda-jane/
Entropy Magazine
April 2019 Published
Published my poems titled ‘Piano Quintet’, ‘Vivify’, ‘The Swan Bell Tower’, ‘Mellifluous bud’, ‘An overture of’ and ‘‘Rock of Ages’ ease’ in Entropy Magazine – Variations on a Theme online
https://entropymag.org/variations-poems-from-the-poet-mj/
The Mozzie – Publishers Journal
April 2019 Published
Published my poem ‘A kaleidoscope flutter swarm of Butterflies’ in Volume 27 Issue 3
July 2018 Published
Published my poem ‘Left Undone’ in Volume 26 Issue 6
May 2018 Published
Published my poem ‘Wardrobe’ in Volume 26 Issue 4
January / February 2018 Published
Published three of my poems ‘Tides of Us’, ‘Figure Out’ and ‘Seven cups of chá (tea)’ in Volume 26 Issue 1
July 2017 Published
Published my poem ‘Schubert Impromptu No 3 Piano Played On’ in Volume 25 Issue 5
The Criterion
February 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Honey’ in The Criterion: An International Journal in English Vol. 10, Issue-I
http://www.the-criterion.com/V10/n1/Melinda.pdf
Mekong Review
February 2019 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Meandering’ in Mekong Review – February-April 2019 Vol 4, No 2 – Southeast Asian Literary Magazine
The Felt
January 2019 Published
Published my poems titled ‘Orange Blossoms’ and ‘Smoking’ in ilylali – Anthology of Forests – Literature Journal online magazine
Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal
December 2018 Published
Published my poem titled ‘Mobile’ in Brushfire Fall edition 2018 – Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal online magazine
Hawai’i Review – Kumu & Kupuna – Publishers Journal Online
July 2018 Published
Published my spoken word pieces / poems ‘Tokens of Beauty’ and ‘Paper Heart’
Thirty West Publishing House – The Weekly Degree – Publishers Journal Online
May 2018 Published
Published my spoken word piece / poem ‘Arlines’ in The Weekly Degree online
https://www.thirtywestph.com/column/
Backstory (Swinburne University) – Publishers Journal Online
June 2017 Published
Published three of my non-fiction historical poems in Issue 3 online
http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au/category/issues/issue-three-issues/
‘At the Assassin’s Hands’
Elegy Poem
http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au/2017/06/17/assassins-hands-melinda-jane/
‘Sunday 11th July 1875 – Just before 8ish!’
Prose Poem
http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au/2017/06/17/sunday-11th-july-1875-just-8ish-melinda-jane/
‘Helen Mitchell Photography 1873’
Ekphrastic Poetry
http://www.backstoryjournal.com.au/2017/06/17/helen-mitchell-photography-1873-melinda-jane/
Rambutan Literary – Publishers Journal Online
June 2017 Published
Published my poem ‘Liko – protected by Buddha’
http://www.rambutanliterary.com/issue-four-melinda-jane.html
Fellowship of Australian Writers
National Literary Awards 2016
Di Cranston Script Section
March 2017
Highly Commended for my play titled ‘The Farmer’s Wife’
http://www.fawvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aFAW-National-Literay-Awards-2016.pdf
‘The Currawong and the Owl’
Written by Melinda Jane, Illustrated by Hamish
August 2015 Published
Picture book for children
http://www.riddochartgallery.org.au/other-local-artist-items/
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/198060606?selectedversion=NBD55475322
http://link.belmont.wa.gov.au/portal/The-currawong-and-the-owl-written-by-Melinda/t8Keu1Wd5XY/