Cooke wins ‘Meanjin’ Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012
The Meanjin Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize 2012 has been awarded to Stuart Cooke for his poem ‘An Overcast Day in Another Part of the World’. As part of the prize...
Musgrave wins 2012 Newcastle Poetry Prize
David Musgrave has won first place in the 2012 Newcastle Poetry Prize for his poem ‘Coastline’. Musgrave was presented with the $12,000 award at a presentation ceremony in Newcastle in...
Wharton wins OzCo Lifetime Achievement in Literature Award
The Australia Council for the Arts has awarded Indigenous writer and poet Herb Wharton the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The $50,000 award is presented annually to...
Kershaw wins Blake Poetry Prize for ‘Altar Rock’
Western Australian poet Graham Kershaw has won the fifth Blake Poetry Prize for his poem 'Altar Rock', which addresses the mixed inheritance of white settlement in the Murchison district of...
Blake Poetry Prize 2012 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2012 Blake Poetry Prize has been announced. The shortlisted poems are: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Rockies’ (David Bunn) ‘Celen’ (Christopher Kelen) ‘Alter Rock’ (Graham...
Tredinnick wins Cardiff International Poetry Competition
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick has won first place in the 2012 Cardiff International Poetry Competition for his poem ‘Margaret River Sestets’. Tredinnick was announced as the winner of the competition...
‘Knuckled’ wins Mary Gilmore Award
Knuckled by Fiona Wright (Giramondo) has won this year’s Mary Gilmore Award for poetry. Wright was announced as the winner of this year’s award at the Association for the Study...
Express Media, Australian Poetry look for emerging poets
Express Media and Australian Poetry have announced a partnership to publish a first collection of poetry by one Victorian poet under the age of 25. The partnership is a continuation...
Red Room Company releases poetry app
The Red Room Company, a not-for-profit company which publishes new Australian poetry, has released an app called ‘The Disappearing’. The free app allows users to ‘explore’ poems with an interactive...
NSW tribunal to consider Judith Wright poetry case
An application has been made to the New South Wales Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT) by publisher Gumquest/Editions Tom Thompson (ETT) Imprint regarding the publication of poems from Judith Wright’s...
Holman awarded 2012 Creative New Zealand Iowa residency
New Zealand poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman has been awarded Creative New Zealand’s 2012 University of Iowa residency. Holman, the author of Best of Both Worlds: The Story of Elsdon Best...
$20,000 for the Big Issue fiction edition, among several projects funded by CAL
Several industry bodies have received funding from the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) in its latest round of Cultural Fund funding. In addition to the Australian Booksellers Association, the Indigenous Literacy...
ABA receives CAL funding to put conference sessions online
The Australian Booksellers Association is among several industry-related bodies to receive funding in the most recent round of Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Cultural Fund funding. ‘We’re delighted to have received...
ABR Peter Porter Poetry Prize winner announced
Michael Farrell has been announced by the Australian Book Review (ABR) as the winner of the eighth Peter Porter Poetry Prize for his poem Beautiful Mother. Farrell, whose new collection...
Australian Poetry launches ‘crowd-funding’ campaign for online festival
Australian Poetry is currently running a campaign with 'crowd-funding' platform Pozible to raise money to deliver its national poetry festival online. This year’s festival will be held in Darwin between...
Mary Gilmore Award shortlist announced
The shortlist for this year's Mary Gilmore Award, presented by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) for first books of poetry published in 2010 and 2011, has...
Adamson named first CAL Chair in Australian Poetry at UTS
Robert Adamson has been selected as the inaugural Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Chair in Australian Poetry at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Adamson, who was awarded the 2011 Patrick...
Tredinnick wins inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick was awarded the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize, worth approximately $48,500, for his poem 'Walking Underwater' in December 2011. Tredinnick's poem was selected from a shortlist of 50 by...
Tredinnick wins inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize
Australian poet Mark Tredinnick has won the inaugural Montreal International Poetry Prize, worth approximately $48,500, for his poem 'Walking Underwater'. Tredinnick's poem was selected from a shortlist of 50 by former UK...
Kinsella withdraws from T S Eliot prize
Australian poet John Kinsella has withdrawn from the 2011 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry because of ethical concerns about award sponsor Aurum Funds, reports the Bookseller. Kinsella, shortlisted for...