Judith Wright Award

The Judith Wright Award, also known as the Judith Wright Prize, was awarded annually as part of the ACT Poetry Award between 2005 and 2011 for a book of poems published the previous year in book form by an Australian author. It was awarded for a published collection by an Australian poet.

For the Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, see Overland (magazine).

History

The ACT Poetry Award for unpublished poets was awarded in 2003 and 2004 by the ACT Government. From 2005 to 2011, there were four prizes awarded: the Rosemary Dobson Award, the David Campbell Award, the Judith Wright Award and the Alec Bolton Award.[1]

In 2012, the Government reviewed the ACT Poetry Prize, and developed three new initiatives: the ACT Poetry Prize for a single poem, a Centenary Poetry in ACTION program and Youth Poetry Slams, to begin in ACT schools in 2013. The last ACT poetry prize appears to have been awarded in 2013.[1]

Winners

2010

2009

2008

2007
  • Winner: Diane Fahey Sea Wall and River Light (Five Islands Press)[3]
  • Winner: S. K. Kelen Earthly Delights (Pandanus)
  • Highly Commended: Robyn Rowland Silence and its Tongues
  • Michelle Cahill The Accidental Cage

2006

See also

Notes
  1. "ACT Poetry Prize 2003-2014". Libraries ACT. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. Arts ACT Poetry Prize 2008
  3. Arts ACT Poetry Prize 2007
  4. Arts ACT Poetry Prize 2006
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