Mary Gilmore Prize
The Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poetry is given to a first book of poetry published in Australia in the previous year. From 1998 to 2016, it was awarded every two years; prior to 1998 it was awarded annually.[1] It is conducted by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and named in honour of the Australian writer and journalist Dame Mary Gilmore.
Winners by year
- 2020: Thom Sullivan — Carte Blanche
- 2019: Marjan Mossammaparast — That Sight
- 2018: Quinn Eades — Rallying[2]
- 2017: Aden Rolfe — False Nostalgia[3]
- 2016: Benedict Andrews — Lens Flare
- 2014: Rose Lucas — Even in the Dark[4]
- 2012: Fiona Wright — Knuckled[5]
- 2010: Joanna Preston — The Summer King
- 2008: Nathan Shepherdson — Sweeping the Light Back Into the Mirror
- 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 J. Williams — A Crowd of Voices
- 1985: Doris Brett — The Truth about Unicorns
References
- "Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) - Awards | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- "Eades wins 2018 Mary Gilmore Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- "Aden Rolfe wins the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
- "11 July 2014 : Week in Review", Sydney Review of Books
- "Fiona Wright wins the Dame Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
External links
- List of awards given by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature
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