Mary Gilmore Prize
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The Mary Gilmore Prize for the best first book of poetry, is given to a first book of poetry from the previous two years, prior to 1998 it was awarded annualy. It is conducted by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and named after the writer and socialist Dame Mary Gilmore.
[edit] Winners
- 2006: David McCooey - Blister Pack
- 2004: Michael Brennan - Imageless World
- 2002: Geraldine McKenzie - Duty
- 2000: Lucy Dougan - Memory Shell
- 1998: Emma Lew - The Wild Reply
- 1997: Morgan Yasbincek - Night Reversing
- 1996: Jordie Albiston - Nervous Arcs
- 1995: Aileen Kelly - Coming Up for Light
- 1994: Deborah Staines - Now, Millennium
- 1993: Jill Jones - The Mask and Jagged Star
- 1992: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone
- 1991: Jean Kent - Verandahs
- 1990: Kristopher Rassemussen - In the Name of the Father
- 1989: Alex Skovron - The Re-arrangement
- 1988: Judith Beveridge - The Domesticity of Giraffes
- 1987: Jan Owen - Boy with Telescope
- 1986: Stephen Williams - A Crowd of Voices
- 1985: Doris Brett - The Truth about Unicorns
