Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize

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The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize (also known as the Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize) was created in 1996 in memory of the Tasmanian poet, Gwen Harwood. The prize is run by Island Magazine[1] and is awarded to a single poem or a linked suite of poems not longer than 100 lines. It has a first prize of AUD1500, and the judges may award three minor prizes.[2]

[edit] Winners

  • 2006: Elizabeth Campbell for Structure of the Horse's Eye[3]
  • 2005: Mark Tredinnick
  • 2004: Lesley Walter for Hyphenated Lives
  • 2003: Kathryn Lomer
  • 2002: Held over to be part of Tasmania Pacific Region Prize awards day[4]
  • 2000: Jan Owen
  • 1998: Doris Brett
  • 1997: M. T. C. Cronin for The Confetti Stone
  • 1996: Anthony Lawrence for The Grim Periphery

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Blusterhead: Awards, Prizes Glory
  2. ^ The AusLit Gateway News July/August 2004
  3. ^ The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize 2006 Results. Island. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
  4. ^ News from Island Magazine's David Owen, 27 November, 2002

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