Dorothy Hewett Flagship Fellowship
Subcategory of Varuna Awards and Fellowships Varuna Fellowships
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History

'Established in memory of Blue Mountains resident and poet, Dorothy Hewett, this fellowship will be awarded for a poetry application of outstanding quality.' (Souce : Varuna website)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2017

recipient Saaro Umar for her collection of poetry ‘fingernails & itch’, about ‘dismantling the mind of a First Gen-Oromo-Australian and how she navigates semi-adulthood in wake of her displacement’.

Year: 2016

recipient Caitlin Maling for her poetry collection Us Girls.

Year: 2015

recipient Rachael Mead for A Field Guide to Fire - A poetry collection exploring the way human relationships with nature transform when we are in transit or when we perceive threat.

Year: 2013

recipient Aden Rolfe to work on his project ‘Anamnesis’, exploring the concept of false nostalgia.

Year: 2012

recipient Brenda Saunders to work on her new poetry collection.
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