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Notes

  • In 2005 this award was open to all writers under the age of 25 years. In 2006, the award was divided into two sections, one for writers aged under 18 and one for writers aged 18 to 24 years.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2023

winner Fig Russon-Jorgensen for 'girlfish'.

Year: 2022

winner Sammi Wu for 'Art Class'.

Year: 2021

winner Jihad Yassine for 'Box'.

Year: 2016

winner Clarity i "This is the song you don’t want to hear, hurting in the spaces been my fingers.", Charlotte Head , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Spring no. 105 2016; (p. 72)

Year: 2015

winner The Motions i "All these years and the months don’t know", Phoebe Chen , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 102 2015-2016; (p. 72)
winner (Under 18) Dead Birds and Egg-Yolk-Ambitions i "I talk to the universe -", Zoe McDonald , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Summer no. 102 2015-2016; (p. 78-79)
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