'Meanjin would like to congratulate Jean Kent, the author of 'The Polish Guitarist's First Paris Concert', on winning the inaugural Dorothy Porter Poetry Prize for 2009. The poem is published in this issue. We'd also like to congratulate the nine poets to have been included in Black Inc.'s Best Australian Poems 2009, edited by Robert Adam-son (David Brooks, Adrienne Eberhard, Jane Gibian, Clive James, Michelle Leber, Rose Lucas, H.O., Mark Tredinnick and Meredith Wattison) and the five poets to have been included in The Best Australian Poetry 2009, edited by Alan Wearne, Martin Duwell and Bronwyn Lea (Philip Hammial, Evan Jones, John Kinsella, ILO. and Geoff Page). Our final congratulations are to two of our short-story writers, Brenda Walker and Georgia Blain, on their inclusion in Black Inc.'s Best Australian Short Stories 2009, edited by Delia Falconer. ' (Sophie Cunningham : Editorial introduction)
