The Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry is an annual prize awarded by the
University of Newcastle, Australia
The University of Newcastle (UON), informally known as Newcastle University, is a public university in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1965, it has a primary campus in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan. The university als ...
, to “an Australian poet, not yet 36 years of age, whose work in the field of poetry is judged to be outstanding”. The Prize is named for
T. Harri Jones
Thomas Henry "Harri" Jones (21 December 1921 – 29 January 1965) was a Welsh people, Welsh poet and university lecturer in Britain and Australia. Born in Wales, he wrote in English.
Biography
Jones was born at Cwm Crogau, near Llanafan Fawr ...
a former lecturer at the university.
Winners
* 2021: Josie/Jocelyn Deane
* 2020: Peter Ramm
* 2019: Caitlin Maling
* 2018: Chloe Wilson
* 2017:
Joan Fleming
* 2016: Katie Mills
* 2010:
* 2009: Jacqueline Krynda
* 2008:
* 2007: Amanda Ireland
* 2006:
* 2005: Andrew Slattery
* 2004: Katie Lawrence
* 2003: Julian Polain
* 2002:
Michelle A. Taylor, ''Angel of Barbican High'' (UQP)
* 2001:
* 2000:
* 1999:
* 1998:
B. R. Dionysius
* 1997: Michael Farrell
* 1996:
Anthony Lawrence
* 1993:
Andy Kissane
Andy Kissane, born 13 September 1959, is a Melbourne-born, Sydney-based writer. He has written a number of poetry collections as well as short stories, novels and non-fiction.
Personal life
Kissane was born in Melbourne, but moved to Sydney ...
, ''Facing the Moon'' (Five Islands)
* 1988:
Sudesh Mishra
Sudesh Mishra is a contemporary Fijian- Australian poet and academic.
Career
Sudesh Mishra was born in Fiji into an Indo-Fijian family. Coming to Australia to study he studied at The University of Wollongong and went on to complete a Ph.D. in ...
, "Rahu"
* 1987:
Yvette Christiansë
Yvette Christiansë (born 12 December 1954) is a South African-born poet and novelist.
* 1984:
Stephen Edgar
* 1976:
Jennifer Maiden
Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Blooda ...
, ''The Problem of Evil'' (Prism)
* 1975:
Robert Harris
* 1973:
Rhyll McMaster
Rhyll McMaster (born 1947 in Brisbane) is a contemporary Australian poet and novelist. She has worked as a secretary, a nurse and a sheep farmer. She now lives in Sydney and has written full-time since 2000. She is a recipient of the Barbara Je ...
, ''The Brineshrimp'' (UQP)
* 1972:
J. S. Harry
J. S. Harry or Jan Harry (4 January 1939 – 20 May 2015) was an Australian poet described as "one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist."
J. S. Harry was ...
, ''The Deer Under the Skin''
References
Australian poetry awards
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