ACU Prize for Poetry (2013-)
or ACU Literature Prize ; or Australian Catholic University National Literature Prize ; or ACU Prize for Literature ; or Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry ; or ACU Poetry Prize ; or Australian Catholic University Poetry Prize ; or Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry (previously known at the ACU Literature Prize, is offered to Australian citizens, and residents. The winner receives a $10,000 prize.

The Prize was inaugurated in 2013. Each year a selection of the poems shortlisted, and the winners, are published as a collection, see [ACU Prize for Poetry Series].

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

winner Christine Paice for 'Gabriel in the Playing Fields'.

Year: 2023

winner Judith Beveridge for 'Two Houses'.

Year: 2022

winner Meredith Wattison for 'The Loose Wild Grace of It'.

Year: 2021

winner Anna Murchison for 'Child of Gath-hepher'.

Year: 2020

winner Geoff Page for Jericho

Works About this Award

Tasmanian Poet Wins National Award 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 28 August 2015; (p. 19)
'Tasmanian poet Kristen Lang has won the Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry...'
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