Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
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The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (also known as the Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize) was created in 1996 in memory of the Tasmania
n poet, Gwen Harwood
. The prize is run by Island Magazine and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems not longer than 100 lines. It has a first prize of A$
1,500, and the judges may award three minor prizes.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
n poet, Gwen Harwood
Gwen Harwood
Gwen Harwood AO , née Gwendoline Nessie Foster, was an Australian poet and librettist. Gwen Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won numerous poetry awards and prizes...
. The prize is run by Island Magazine and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems not longer than 100 lines. It has a first prize of A$
Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
1,500, and the judges may award three minor prizes.
Winners
- 2008: Angela Malone for Drawing in the Birth Room
- 2007: Sandy Fitts for Waiting for Goya
- 2006: Elizabeth Campbell for Structure of the Horse's Eye
- 2005: Mark Tredinnick
- 2004: Lesley WalterLesley Walter-Life:She holds a Master of Letters degree in Australian Literature from the University of Sydney, and is a past president of the Society of Women Writers NSW Inc. She lives in Sydney.-Works:* -External links:...
for Hyphenated Lives - 2003: Kathryn LomerKathryn LomerKathryn Lomer is an Australian writer and poet.She began her career teaching ESL for many years, including two years in Japan.Her first novel, The God in the Ink was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2001...
- 2002: Held over to be part of Tasmania Pacific Region Prize awards day
- 2000: 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...
- 1998: Doris Brett
- 1997: M. T. C. CroninM. T. C. CroninM. T. C. Cronin is a contemporary Australian poet, lawyer and academic.Cronin Lives in Conondale, Queensland, Australia on an organic farm specializing in fresh Spanish produce...
for The Confetti Stone - 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...
for The Grim Periphery