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 annually. 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
