The poets included in The Best Australian Poems 2011 are:
Robert Adamson
Ali Alizadeh
Richard James Allen
Chris Andrews
Jude Aquilina
Louis Armand
Peter Bakowski
Ken Bolton
Neil Boyack
Peter Boyle
Kevin Brophy
Pam Brown
Joanne Burns
Michelle Cahill
Grant Caldwell
John Carey
Bonny Cassidy
Julie Chevalier
Justin Clemens
Sue Clennell
Jennifer Compton
Michael Crane
Fred Curtis
Toby Davidson
Bruce Dawe
Sarah Day
Suzanne Edgar
Brook Emery
Kate Fagan
Diane Fahey
Jeltje Fanoy
Michael Farrell
Johanna Featherstone
Liam Ferney
Toby Fitch
William Fox
Andrew Galan
Angela Gardner
Carolyn Gerrish
Jane Gibian
Geoff Goodfellow
Lisa Gorton
Robert Gray
Kathryn Hamann
Jennifer Harrison
Paul Hetherington
Sarah Holland-Batt
Jodie Hollander
Duncan Hose
D.J. Huppatz
Mark William Jackson
John Jenkins
A. Frances Johnson
Evan Jones
Jill Jones
Paul Kane
S.K. Kelen
Cate Kennedy
Richard King
Graeme Kinross-Smith
Andy Kissane
Mike Ladd
Sam Langer
Martin Langford
Anthony Lawrence
Geoffrey Lehmann
W.M. Lewis
Kate Lilley
Debbie Lim
Helen Lindstrom
Astrid Lorange
Roberta Lowing
Anthony Lynch
David McCooey
David McGuigan
Rhyll McMaster
Jennifer Maiden
John Miles
Peter Minter
Les Murray
David Musgrave
Tien Hoang Nguyen
Jal Nicholl
Mark O’Flynn
Ella O’Keefe
Paul O’Loughlin
Ouyang Yu
Louise Oxley
Geoff Page
Eddie Paterson
Janette Pieloor
Felicity Plunkett
Claire Potter
David Prater
Aden Rolfe
Peter Rose
Penni Russon
Gig Ryan
Philip Salom
Andrew Sant
Michael Sariban
Jaya Savige
Mick Searles
Thomas Shapcott
Michael Sharkey
Craig Sherborne
Alex Skovron
Melinda Smith
Pete Spence
Peter Steele
Amanda Stewart
Adrian Stirling
Maria Takolander
Andrew Taylor
Tim Thorne
Helen Thurloe
Ann Vickery
Corey Wakeling
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
John Watson
Meredith Wattison
Alan Wearne
Ron Wilkins
Warrick Wynne
Mark Young