Launceston Poetry Cup
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Launceston Poetry Cup is hosted by the Tasmanian Poetry Festival. 

Entry is open to all. Registry is on the night and entrants entertain the crowd for one minute with something they choose to call a poem.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2016

winner Nancy J. Corbett

Year: 2010

winner Joe Dolce

Year: 1992

winner One Dick Poem Too Many i "From behind a mike and the skirts of poetry", Lauren Williams , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 126 1992; (p. 61) The Sad Anthropologist 1993; (p. 39)
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Works About this Award

A Slice of the 2008 Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 38 2009; (p. 101-107)
What Can I Say in Sixty Seconds? i "Well! I want to win the Cup", J. S. Gill , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Fat Kitty : A Second Book of Poetry and Prose 1996; (p. 25-26)
Silently Cutting Giraffes Down to Size Tim Thorne , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Mercury , 6 October 1993; (p. 20)
Foreword : Chance to be Independently Rich Elizabeth Swanson , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 14-15 October 1989; (p. 6)
Launceston's Fifth Poetry Cup Runneth Over With Guernseys Tim Thorne , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 14 October 1989; (p. 8)
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