Judith Wright Prize
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The Judith Wright Prize is awarded annually as part of the Arts ACT Poetry Prize for a book of poems published the previous year in book form by an Australian author.
The prize currently comes with a $10,000 (AUS) cash award.
The prize currently comes with a $10,000 (AUS) cash award.
2009
- Winner: Sarah Holland-BattSarah Holland-BattSarah Holland-Batt is a contemporary Australian poet and academic.-Biography:Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and the United States. She was educated at the University of Queensland, where she received First Class Honours in Literary Studies and an MPhil in...
, Aria (University of Queensland PressUniversity of Queensland PressEstablished in 1948, University of Queensland Press is a dynamic publishing house known for its innovative philosophy and commitment to producing books of high quality and cultural significance...
) - Highly Commended: Jan OwenJan Owen-Life:Jan Owen was born Janette Muriel Sincock in Adelaide, South Australia, attending school there and in Melbourne, leaving early to work as a laboratory assistant...
, Poems 1980 - 2008 (John Leonard Press) - Shortlisted: David BrooksDavid Brooks (author)David Gordon Brooks is an Australian author.He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Alison Summers in 1975. Brooks and Summers then studied abroad and received their M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto...
The Balcony (University of Queensland Press) - Martin HarrisonMartin Harrison (poet)Martin Harrison is an Australian poet.He published poems and limited edition books in London and New Zealand before his first main collection, The Distribution of Voice ,appeared in Australia in 1993...
Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems (University of Western Australia PressUniversity of Western Australia PressUWA Publishing, formerly known as the University of Western Australia Press, is a Western Australian publisher established in 1935. It produces a range of non-fiction and fiction titles, introducing cookbooks into its list in 2008.-History:...
) - Marcella PolainMarcella PolainMarcella Polain is an Australian-resident poet, novelist and short fiction writer. She was born in Singapore and with her family migrated to Australia at the age of two with her Irish father and Armenian mother. Her father died when Marcella was ten, and it is this loss and her mother's survival...
Therapy Like Fish: New and Selected Poems (John Leonard Press) - Peter Steele White Knight with Beebox: New & Selected Poems (John Leonard Press)
2008
- Winner: Barry HillBarry Hill (writer)Barry Hill is an Australian historian, poet, journalist and academic.Hill was born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at the University of Melbourne gaining his Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Education and a Doctor of Philosophy and from there went to London where he gained his Master of Arts ...
, Necessity: Poems 1996-2006 (soi3 modern poets) - Highly Commended: J S Harry Not Finding Wittgenstein (Giramondo)
- Commended: Meredith Wattison Basket of Sunlight (Puncher & WattmannPuncher & WattmannPuncher & Wattmann is an independent Australian publishing house founded by David Musgrave in 2005. It specialises in publishing Australian poetry and literary fiction. Launched by David Malouf, its first title, James Stinks by Nick Riemer was placed third in the Mary Gilmore Award in 2006...
) - Petra WhitePetra WhitePetra White is an Australian poet. Petra was born in Adelaide in 1975, the eldest of six children, and now lives in Melbourne, where she works, for the moment, as a public servant...
The Incoming Tide (John Leonard Press) - Shortlisted: Elizabeth Campbell Letters to the Tremulous Hand (John Leonard Press)
- Brendan Ryan A paddock in his head (Five Islands Press)
2007
- Winner: Diane FaheyDiane FaheyDiane Mary Fahey is an Australian poet. She was born Diane Mary Brotheridge in Melbourne, Australia and currently lives in the Barwon Heads area, near Geelong....
Sea Wall and River Light (Five Islands Press) - Winner: S. K. Kelen Earthly Delights (Pandanus)
- Highly Commended: Robyn Rowland Silence and its Tongues
- Michelle Cahill The Accidental Cage
2006
- Winner: Susan HamptonSusan Hampton-Biography:Susan Hampton was born in Inverell. New South Wales in 1949, and lived in Annandale in Sydney for many years. She has written eight books including poetry, fiction and and non-fiction, and her work is collected in many anthologies. Several of her books have won national awards. Her work...
The Kindly Ones (Five Islands Press) - Shortlisted: Adrian CaesarAdrian CaesarAdrian Caesar is an Australian author and poet.Caesar was born in Manchester, United Kingdom and emigrated to Australia in 1982. He studied at Reading University and has held appointments at various Australian universities, including the Australian National University and the University of New...
High Wire - Alan GouldAlan GouldAlan Gould is a contemporary Australian novelist and poet.Born in London Alan Gould's family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before arriving in Australia in 1966. He completed a BA at Australian National University and a Diploma of Education at the then Canberra College of...
The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973 – 2003 - Jaya SavigeJaya SavigeJaya Savige is a contemporary Australian poet, critic and editor.- Biography :Born in Sydney, Savige grew up in Queensland, on Bribie Island and in Brisbane, boarding at Nudgee College. He attended the University of Queensland, where, after withdrawing from an LLB/BCom, he received a University...
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- Australian literatureAustralian literatureAustralian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies, therefore, its literary tradition begins with and is linked to...
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