Ford Memorial Medal for Poetry
or Ford Memorial Prize
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Ford Memorial Prize was founded in 1916 by a gift of $200 from the Queensland United Licensed Victuallers' Association in memory of Lieutenant S.K. Ford and Corporal T.W. Ford, brothers, both of whom lost their lives in the defence of the Empire. No award was given in 1937.  

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1966

winner Atalanta Cassandra J. Carter , 1966 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Makar , December vol. 2 no. 4 1966; (p. 3-4)

Year: 1961

winner [Untitled Sonnet Sequence] i "To see beyond eternity in one", Carroll E. Reath , 1962 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , October no. 13 1962; (p. 16-18)

Year: 1960

winner Queensland Centenary i "His memory's a flying fox that claws", John Concannon , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , April no. 6 1961; (p. 9)

Year: 1959

winner Centenary Ode i "A winter dappled room and monstrance-sun", Zeta White , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: Makar , June no. 7 1961; (p. 8-9)

Year: 1947

winner Reginald T. McDonnell
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