Stuart Barnes (born 1977) is an Australian

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Biography

Barnes was born in

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, and educated at

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. His first book, ''Glasshouses'', was awarded the 2015 Arts Queensland

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. The judges of the

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, for which the collection was commended, wrote: "Barnes is compelling, dramatic and imaginative. ... eis a major poet in the making; watch this space!" In ''

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'', Jane Sullivan included ''Glasshouses'' in 'Books for the year: The treats in store from Australia and overseas in 2016'. The collection has been warmly received by critics: in ''

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'', William Yeoman described it as "playful, subtle, moving, witty and outrageous—a major achievement"; in ''

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noted its "impressive balancing act between a love of precursors and the strategies of the avant-garde". In his conference paper 'Sonnets and Para-Sonnets', Stephen Guy-Bray, Professor, Department of English,

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, wrote: Barnes's second book, ''Like to the Lark'' (Upswell Publishing, 2023), includes the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize-winning 'Sestina after B. Carlisle', the

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-shortlisted 'Off-world Ghazal' and the

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-nominated 'Cerberus Watches Eros' (first published as 'Triolet: Cerberus and Eros'). In

, Jane Sullivan included ''Like to the Lark'' in 'What are you going to read in 2023? Here are some standout titles'. ''Like to the Lark'' won the 2023

Wesley Michel Wright Prize The Wesley Michel Wright Prize is an Australian poetry prize named in honour of Wesley Michel Wright in recognition of his bequest to the University of Melbourne. It is awarded annually. History Wesley Michel Wright graduated from the University ...

in Poetry. The Prize Selection committee praised its 'extraordinary poems, which draw their forms from across the planet, mix deep history and pop music, personal extremity and sophisticated humour, in such striking and memorable ways that each rereading proves even more rewarding than the last.' Barnes's poetry has been widely published in anthologies and journals, including in ''The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry'', ''Cordite Poetry Review'', ''The Language in My Tongue: An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry'', ''The

Anthology 2020'', ''

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'', '' Overland'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Southerly'',. Other writing, as selected by

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, has been published to goa, Brisbane’s broadcast roadside digital billboard network, as part of Queensland Writers Centre's #8WordStory initiative. Barnes has been a judge for the 2014

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: Poetry Book Category, the 2017 Arts Queensland

Val Vallis Award The Val Vallis Award is an Australian poetry award named in honour of the Queensland poet Val Vallis (1916–2009). Val Vallis was a lyric poet who lectured in English and Philosophy at the University of Queensland. In 2002 the then Arts Minister, ...

, the 2021 Red Room Poetry Fellowship and the 2022 Arts Queensland

. From 2017–2019 he was a program adviser for

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. From 2014 to 2015 he was poetry editor of ''Verity La'', and from 2013 to 2017 he was poetry editor of ''Tincture Journal''. In 2018 he served on the advisory board of Bent Window Books and guest-edited, with Quinn Eades, ''Cordite Poetry Review'' Issue 88: TRANSQUEER. In 2020 he guest-edited, with

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, ''Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry'' Issue 32: FORM. In 2021 he guest-edited, with Claire Gaskin, ''Australian Poetry Journal'' 11.1 'local, attention'.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

*''Like to the Lark'' (Upswell Publishing, 2023, ). *''Glasshouses'' (

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, 2016, ).

Anthologies (as contributor)

*''Best of Australian Poems 2022''. Eds Jeanine Leane,

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. (Australian Poetry, 2022). *''Admissions: Voices within Mental Health''. Eds David Stavanger, Radhiah Chowdhury, Mohammad Awad. (Upswell Publishing, 2022). *''Alcatraz''. Eds Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington. (Gazebo Books, 2022). *''The Language in My Tongue: An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry''. Eds Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington. (MadHat Press, 2022). *''Travel: an anthology of microlit''. Ed. Cassandra Atherton. (Spineless Wonders, 2022). *''Resilience: 2021 ACU Prize for Poetry Anthology''. Eds Robert H. F. Carver and Margot Hillel. (Australian Catholic University, 2021). *''Memory Book: Portraits of Older Australians in Poetry and Watercolours''. Eds Jessica L Wilkinson and Cassandra Atherton. (Hunter Publishers, 2021). *''The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry''. Eds Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington. (Melbourne University Press, 2020). *''Pulped Fiction: an anthology of microlit''. Ed. Cassandra Atherton. (Spineless Wonders, 2021). *''The

Anthology 2020''. Eds Eli MacLaren et al. (Vehicule Press). *''Scars: an anthology of microlit''. Ed. Cassandra Atherton. (Spineless Wonders, 2020). *''Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman''. Ed. Raymond Luczak. (Squares & Rebels, 2019). *''Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No. Eds Quinn Eades and Son Vivienne. (Brow Books, 2018). *''Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain''. Ed. Heather Taylor Johnson. (

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, 2017). *States of Poetry Queensland - Series One. Ed. Felicity Plunkett. ('' Australian Book Review'', 2016). *''fourW: new writing''. Ed. David Gilbey. (fourW press, 2012, 2013, 2014). *''Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010''. Eds

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and Anthony Lawrence. (Hunter Writers' Centre, 2010). *''The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009''. Eds

and

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. (Hunter Writers' Centre, 2009).

Awards and nominations

, 2023, winner for ''Like to the Lark'' *Arts Queensland

, 2023, shortlisted for 'Starting and Finishing with a Line from Lisel Mueller's ''Cicadas * Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, 2021/22, winner for 'Sestina after B. Carlisle' *NWF

Joanne Burns Joanne Burns (born 5 December 1945 ) is a contemporary Australian poet and prose writer, with a strong emphasis on performance in her work. Biography Joanne Burns grew up and lives in Sydney. She studied at the University of Sydney and has ...

Microlit Award, 2022, finalist for 'travel ban' *ACU Prize for Poetry, 2021, shortlisted for 'Sestina: Pain' *NWF

Microlit Award, 2021, finalist for 'Little Gilt' *

, 2020, nominated for 'Triolet: Cerberus and Eros'. *

, 2020, shortlisted for 'Off-World Ghazal'. *NWF

Microlit Award, 2019, finalist for 'Old Habits Die Hard' *Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize, 2017, highly commended for 'Black Swan Polyptych'. *Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award, 2017, shortlisted for 'the nomenclature of eggs'. *

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, 2017, shortlisted for ''Glasshouses''. *

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, 2016, commended for ''Glasshouses''. *Arts Queensland

, 2015, winner for ''Glasshouses''. *Arts Queensland

, 2014, runner-up for ''Blacking Out and other poems''. *

Newcastle Poetry Prize The Newcastle Poetry Prize is an annual Australian award for poetry. It was established in 1981 as the Mattara Poetry Prize. The Prize began from humble beginnings in September 1980, when Peter Goldman stood in the middle of Civic Park during the ...

, 2010, shortlisted for 'Caravaggio: A Secret History in Sonnets'. *

, 2009, shortlisted for 'Solomon'.The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009

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References

External links

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