Australian Capital Territory Poetry Prize
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

This prize, for a single poem, is available to ACT-based poets and is valued at a total of $5,000 ($3,000 for the winner and $1,000 for two runners-up). This award ran from 2003-2013.

Notes

  • Inaugurated in 2003 by the ACT Government, this award aims to encourage and reward excellence in poetry by both new and established poets. The prize for the first year of the award was $2,000.

    In 2005 the award was re-named the National Poetry Prize and opened to poets outside the ACT. The categories were increased from one to four with a total prize pool of $20,000.

Subcategories

Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)v1468

Year: 2013

winner Lesley Lebkowicz

Year: 2004

winner The Stalinists, the Taliban Geoff Page , 2004 single work poetry

Year: 2003

inaugural winner The Eternity Knot i "A twist of soft thread", Jennifer Webb , 2003-2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Muse , December - January no. 235 2003-2004; (p. 9) Journal of Australian Studies , no. 82 2004; (p. 129)
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Works About this Award

Big Win for Avid Reader Helen Musa , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 December 2006; (p. 4)
Inaugural ACT Poetry Award 2003 2003-2004 single work column
— Appears in: Muse , December - January no. 235 2003-2004; (p. 19)
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