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History
The Somerset National Poetry prize is open to all current secondary students attending school in Australia. Students receiving home schooling are eligible to enter. The competition is sponsored by Penguin Random House Australia and Bond University.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2005
winner y
Fresh News From the Arctic
Carindale
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Interactive Publications
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2006
Z1305828
2006
selected work
poetry
'Resonant and delicate, Fresh News from the Arctic offers a finely wrought sensibility which elevates the subtle topography of life’s quiet events.
'This is a collection that investigates the human experience, parting the veil of the mundane to reveal passion, beauty, myth and mystery.
'At once atmospheric, with a surreal blend of emotion and memory, Fresh News from the Arctic is a fluid and ever-shifting landscape of possibilities. These poems are restless and inquisitive. They echo a desire to forge a voice that is as curious as it is distinctive.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2003
winner Travelling with the Wrong Phrase Books 2003 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 146-150) The Best Australian Poetry 2006 2006; (p. 31-37) -
Year: 2002
winner Seven Feet & Where They're From 2001 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Flight Animals 2001; (p. 6-13)
