The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland-based author. The prize was established in 2003 and currently comes with prize money of $2000 and a publication contract with the University of Queensland Press.[1] Entry can be submitted from anyone residing in Queensland and the award is administered and managed by the Queensland Poetry Festival[2] on behalf of Arts Queensland.
Award winners
edit2003 Lidija Cvetkovic, War is Not the Season for Figs [3]
2004 Jaya Savige, latecomers[4]
2005 Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back Into The Mirror[5]
2006 Angela Gardner, Parts of Speech[6]
2007 Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria[7]
2008 Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point[8]
2009 Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints[9]
2010 Vlanes (Vladislav Nekliaev), Another Babylon[10]
2011 Nick Powell, Water Mirrors[11]
2012 Rachael Briggs, Free Logic[12]
2013 David Stavanger, The Special[13]
2014 Krissy Kneen, Eating My Grandmother[14]
2015 Stuart Barnes, The Staysails (published as Glasshouses)[15] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)
2016 Shastra Deo, The Agonist[16] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)
2017 Rae White, Milk Teeth[17]
2018 Anna Jacobson, I know I may not escape unscathed (published as Amnesia Findings)[18] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Ali Alizadeh)
2019 Luke Best, Cadaver Dog[19]
2020 Gavin Yuan Gao, At the Altar of Touch[20]
2021 Janaka Malwatta, blackbirds don’t mate with starlings[21]
2022 Jarad Bruinstroop, Reliefs[22] (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander)
2023 Madeleine Dale, The Water-Bearers[23] (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival 2007 - Competitions - Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Queensland Poetry Festival
- ^ "Award winning poets gain industry recognition". Queensland Government. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival 2007 - Competitions - Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Queensland Poetry Festival
- ^ "Latecomers / Jaya Savige". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Sweeping the light back into the mirror / Nathan Shepherdson". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Parts of speech / Angela Gardner". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Aria / Sarah Holland-Batt". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Vanishing point / Felicity Plunkett". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Award-winning Poets gain Industry recognition". Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Another Babylon". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Water mirrors / Nicholas Powell". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Free logic / Rachael Briggs". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Great writing rewarded by Australian Centre literary awards | MUSSE". musse.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ^ "Eating my grandmother : a grief cycle / Krissy Kneen". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Barnes wins 2015 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books and Publishing. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Taking five with Shastra Deo". the Australian Writers marketplace. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Milk Teeth (Rae White, UQP)". Books+Publishing. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Jacobson wins 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Best wins 2019 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Malwatta wins 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Books+Publishing. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ^ "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2022 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2023 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 22 April 2023.