The Judith Wright Award, also known as the Judith Wright Prize, was awarded annually as part of the
ACT Poetry Award
The Judith Wright Award, also known as the Judith Wright Prize, was awarded annually as part of the ACT Poetry Award between 2005 and 2011 for a book of poems published the previous year in book form by an Australian author. It was awarded for ...
between 2005 and 2011 for a book of poems published the previous year in book form by an Australian author. It was awarded for a published collection by an Australian poet.
History
The ACT Poetry Award for unpublished poets was awarded in 2003 and 2004 by the
ACT Government
The Government of the Australian Capital Territory, also referred to as the Australian Capital Territory Government or ACT Government, is the executive authority of the Australian Capital Territory, one of the territories of Australia. The lead ...
. From 2005 to 2011, there were four prizes awarded: the
Rosemary Dobson
Rosemary de Brissac Dobson, AO (18 June 192027 June 2012) was an Australian poet, who was also an illustrator, editor and anthologist.Anderson (1996) She published fourteen volumes of poetry, was published in almost every annual volume of ''Au ...
Award, the
David Campbell Award, the
Judith Wright
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Biography
Judith Wright was born in Armidale, New Sou ...
Award and the
Alec Bolton
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People
*Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat
* Alec Acton (1938– ...
Award.
In 2012, the Government reviewed the ACT Poetry Prize, and developed three new initiatives: the ACT Poetry Prize for a single poem, a Centenary Poetry in ACTION program and Youth
Poetry Slam
A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery. ...
s, to begin in ACT schools in 2013. The last ACT poetry prize appears to have been awarded in 2013.
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Winners
2010
*Winner Peter Boyle
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, ''Apocrypha'' ( Vagabond Press)
*Highly Commended Jordie Albiston
Jordie Albiston (30 September 1961 – 28 February 2022) was an Australian poet.
Early life
Jordie Albiston grew up in Melbourne, the second of four children. She studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts before completing a doct ...
, ''the sonnet according to "m"'' ( John Leonard Press)
*Commended Felicity Plunkett, ''Vanishing Point'' (University of Queensland Press
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)
* Emma Jones, ''The Striped World'' (Faber & Faber
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)
*Shortlisted Philip Hammial, ''Skin Theory'' (Puncher & Wattmann
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)
*Susan Hawthorne
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, ''Earth's Breath'' (Spinifex Press
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)
2009
*Winner: Sarah Holland-Batt
Sarah Holland-Batt is a contemporary Australian poet, critic, and academic.
Early life and education
Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and Denver, Colorado.
She was educated at the University of Queensland ...
, ''Aria'' (University of Queensland Press
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Founded as a traditional university press, UQP has since branched into publishing books for general readers in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetr ...
)
*Highly Commended: Jan Owen, ''Poems 1980 - 2008'' (John Leonard Press)
*Shortlisted: David Brooks ''The Balcony'' (University of Queensland Press)
* Martin Harrison ''Wild Bees: New and Selected Poems'' (University of Western Australia Press
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)
*Marcella Polain
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Early life and education
Marcella Polain was born in Singapore and migrated to Australia at the age of two with her Irish father and Armenian mother. ...
''Therapy Like Fish: New and Selected Poems'' (John Leonard Press)
*Peter Steele
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''White Knight with Beebox: New & Selected Poems'' (John Leonard Press)
2008
*Winner: Barry Hill, ''Necessity: Poems 1996-2006'' (soi3 modern poets)
*Highly Commended: J S Harry
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J. S. Harry was ...
''Not Finding Wittgenstein'' (Giramondo
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)
*Commended: Meredith Wattison Meredith is a Welsh Brittonic family name, and is also sometimes used as a girl's or boy's forename. The Welsh form is "Maredudd".
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* Meredith, Victoria
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* Meredith ...
''Basket of Sunlight'' (Puncher & Wattmann
David Musgrave (born 1965) is an Australian poet, novelist, publisher and critic. He is the founder of and publisher at Puncher & Wattmann, an independent press which publishes Australian poetry and literary fiction. He is also Deputy Chair o ...
)
*Petra White
Petra White is an Australian poet. White was born in Adelaide in 1975, the eldest of six children, and now lives in Berlin with her husband and daughter. Her first published collection of poetry, The Incoming Tide ( John Leonard Press 2007), wa ...
''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 Fahey ''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 Hampton ''The Kindly Ones'' (Five Islands Press)Arts ACT Poetry Prize 2006
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*Shortlisted: Adrian Caesar ''High Wire''
*Alan Gould
Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet.
Life and career
Gould was born in London to an English father and an Icelandic mother. His family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before ...
''The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973 – 2003''
*Jaya Savige
Jaya Savige is an Australian poet.
Biography
Born in Sydney (1978), Savige grew up in Queensland, on Bribie Island and in Brisbane, boarding at St Joseph's College, Nudgee. He attended the University of Queensland, where, after withdrawing ...
''Latecomers''
See also
*Australian literature
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*List of poetry awards
Major international awards
* Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
* Bridges of Struga (for a debuting author at Struga Poetry Evenings)
* Griffin Poetry Prize (The international prize)
* International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medi ...
*List of years in poetry
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21st century in poetry
2020s
* 2023 in poetry
* 2022 ...
*List of years in literature
This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroq ...
Notes
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Australian poetry awards