Gough wins ‘Overland’ poetry prize 2013
Myles Gough has won the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets for his poem ‘Topography’. Gough was announced as the winner of the prize, which is worth...
New Australian Children’s Poetry website launches
A new website dedicated to Australian children’s poetry has launched. Australian Children’s Poetry was launched by author Dianne Bates on 15 March. The website, which is dedicated to showcasing contemporary...
‘Overland’ poetry prize 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The 12 shortlisted poems are: ‘Solstice’ (Carolyn Burns) ‘Of the Moment’ (Zenobia...
Shelf talk: Poetry lines
The next few months are looking promising for poetry fans. In February, Fremantle Press is publishing John Mateer’s Emptiness: Asian Poems 1998-2012. This is the ideal companion to Contemporary Asian...
Morrissey wins 2013 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry
Northern Irish author Sinéad Morrissey has won the 2013 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry for Parallax (Carcanet), reports the Guardian. Judges Ian Duhig, Imtiaz Dharker and Vicki Feaver chose Parallax from 113...
Melbourne Uni college establishes Indigenous writers’ residency
Trinity College at the University of Melbourne has launched a new writing residency for Indigenous writers under the age of 30. The inaugural Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize...
Lawrence wins Blake Poetry Prize 2013
Anthony Lawrence has won the 2013 Blake Poetry Prize for his poem ‘Appellations’. Lawrence received the award, which is worth $5000, on 17 October. The judging panel, made up of...
Compton wins Newcastle Poetry Prize 2013
Jennifer Compton has won the 2013 Newcastle Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Now You Shall Know’. Compton was presented with the award, which is worth $12,000, at a ceremony in...
Inkerman & Blunt issues stickers to cover Nunn poem in ‘Australian Love Poems’
Publisher Inkerman & Blunt has issued stickers for booksellers to use to cover a poem by Queensland poet Graham Nunn in its collection Australian Love Poems 2013 (ed by Mark...
Australian poets face plagiarism allegations
Award-winning Australian poet Andrew Slattery has admitted to the Australian that he has passed off other poets’ work as his own, and said that he will ‘never publish another poem,...
Blake Poetry Prize 2013 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2013 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Almost Pause: Pareidolia’ (Amanda Joy) ‘Appellations’ (Anthony Lawrence) ‘Ars Moriendi’ (Chloe Wilson) ‘Grand Final’ (Jennifer...
Why publish stuff which no-one reads?
David Musgrave, poet, novelist and founder of independent press Puncher & Wattmann, argues that many readers are interested in reading poetry, they just need help finding the good stuff. People outside...
Edgar wins inaugural ACU Prize for Literature
Sydney poet Stephen Edgar has won the inaugural Australian Catholic University (ACU) Prize for Literature for his poem The Dancer. Edgar was announced as the winner of the $7000 prize...
ACT Poetry Prize 2013 winner announced
Canberra-based author Lesley Lebkowicz has won the 2013 ACT Poetry Prize. Lebkowicz’s poem ‘Inside’ was chosen from 128 entries to win the annual award, which carries a cash prize of...
NZ poet wins second place in international poetry competition
New Zealand poet and fiction writer Sue Wootton has won second place in the 2013 Open International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine for her poem ‘Wild’, which reflects on a friend’s...
ACU launches new literature prize
The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has launched a new literature prize, the ACU Prize for Literature. The ACU said in a statement that the newly established prize ‘aims to support writers and to...
Maiden shortlisted for Canada’s richest poetry prize
Australian poet Jennifer Maiden has been shortlisted for the international Griffin Poetry Prize for her collection Liquid Nitrogen (Giramondo Publishing). The Griffin Poetry Prize, which is awarded annually to one...
‘Overland’ poetry prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2012 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets has been announced. The nine poems shortlisted are: ‘The Ether Comes’ (Dusk Dundler) ‘Augury?’ (Luke Fischer)...
Riverbend participates in flash fiction napkin project
Napkins bearing 300-word micro stories are currently available at Riverbend Books & Teahouse, along with several other bookstores and cafes around Brisbane, as part of a flash fiction napkin project....
Olds wins 2012 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry
American author Sharon Olds has won the 2012 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry for Stag’s Leap (Random House), reports the Guardian. Judges Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Longley and David...