Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry
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The Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry is an annual prize awarded by the University of Newcastle, Australia
, to “an Australian poet, not yet 36 years of age, whose work in the field of poetry is judged to be outstanding”. The Prize is name for T. Harri Jones
a former lecturer at the university.
University of Newcastle, Australia
The University of Newcastle is an Australian public university that was established in 1965. The University's main and largest campus is located in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle in New South Wales...
, to “an Australian poet, not yet 36 years of age, whose work in the field of poetry is judged to be outstanding”. The Prize is name for T. Harri Jones
T. Harri Jones
Thomas Henry "Harri" Jones was a Welsh poet and university lecturer.Jones was born in Llanafan-Fawr, Brecknockshire . He served in the Royal Navy from 1941–1946 during World War II. He attended University of Wales, Aberystwyth, graduating in English in 1947 and gaining a Master of Arts in 1949...
a former lecturer at the university.
Winners
- 2010:
- 2009: Jacqueline Krynda
- 2008:
- 2007: Amanda Ireland
- 2006:
- 2005:
- 2004: Andrew Slattery
- 2003: Julian Polain
- 2002: Michelle A. Taylor, Angel of Barbican High (UQP)
- 2001:
- 2000:
- 1999:
- 1998: B. R. Dionysius
- 1997: Michael Farrell
- 1996: Anthony LawrenceAnthony Lawrence-Biography:Born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Anthony Lawrence left school at 16, and has worked variously as a jackeroo, fisherman, teacher and writer. Lawrence has received a number of Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Grants and has won numerous awards for his poetry, including the...
- 1993: Andy KissaneAndy KissaneAndy Kissane is a Melbourne-born, Sydney-based writer. He has won several awards for his writing, including the Red Earth Poetry Award, the Sydney Writers' Festival Poetry Olympics, the John Shaw Neilson Award, the Publisher's Cup Cricket Poetry Award, the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry and...
, Facing the Moon (Five Islands) - 1988: Sudesh MishraSudesh MishraSudesh Mishra is a contemporary Fijian-Australian poet and academic.-Career:Sudesh Mishra was born in Fiji into an Indo-Fijian family. Coming to Australia to study he completed a Ph.D. in English literature at Flinders University. He has published several volumes of poetry, the first of which,...
, "Rahu" - 1987: Yvette ChristianseYvette ChristiansëYvette Christiansë is a South African born poet and novelist. She currently lives in New York City and teaches at Fordham University.- References :...
- 1984: Stephen EdgarStephen EdgarStephen Edgar is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and indexer.-Background and education:Edgar was born in Sydney in 1951 where he attended Sydney Technical High School. Between 1971 and 1974 he lived in London and worked as a library assistant in the London Borough of Lambeth...
- 1975: Robert HarrisRobert Harris (poet)Robert Harris was an Australian poet-Life:Robert Harris was born in Melbourne. He was educated in Dovetown High School. He enlisted in the Australian Navy in 1968 during the Vietnam War. During the 1970s he spent time in a commune. He was married but separated from his wife in the 1980s with no...
- 1973: Rhyll McMasterRhyll McMasterRhyll McMaster is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist. She has worked as a secretary, a nurse and a sheep farmer. She now lives in Sydney and has written full-time since 2000....
, The Brineshrimp (UQP) - 1972: J. S. HarryJ. S. HarryJ. S. Harry is a contemporary Australian poet who has been described as “one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist.”...
, The Deer Under the Skin