Commonwealth Poetry Prize
Subcategory of Awards — International Awards
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Notes

  • A British award, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize was set up in 1972 by the Commonwealth Institute. It stopped being awarded in 1988, and it is not currently administered by any other organisation.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1987

winner (Best Collection of Poetry) y separately published work icon Sky Poems Philip Salom , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1987 Z400365 1987 selected work poetry

Year: 1986

winner (Australia and Pacific Area) y separately published work icon Travelling Andrew Taylor , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1986 Z402665 1986 selected work poetry
winner (Best First-Time Published) y separately published work icon Holiday Girls and Other Poems Vicki Raymond , Sandy Bay : Twelvetrees Publishing , 1985 Z396594 1985 selected work poetry

Year: 1982

winner (Best First Collection of Poetry) y separately published work icon Readings from Ecclesiastes : Poems Peter Goldsworthy , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1982 Z201819 1982 selected work poetry

Year: 1981

winner (Best First Collection of Poetry) y separately published work icon The Silent Piano : Poems Philip Salom , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1980 Z102348 1980 selected work poetry

Year: 1978

winner (Best First Collection of Poetry) y separately published work icon The Greek Connection Timoshenko Aslanides , Canberra : Timoshenko Aslanides , 1977 Z272582 1977 selected work poetry
Poetry: The Greek Connection W. Tully , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Muse , November vol. 2 no. 6 1977;
— Review of The Greek Connection Timoshenko Aslanides , 1977 selected work poetry
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Works About this Award

A Success to Rival the Short Story Trophies Susan Chenery , 1989 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 November 1989; (p. 86)
Staggered Philip Salom , 1988 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , April vol. 8 no. 1 1988; (p. 23)
Abbreviations [December 1986 - January 1987] Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1986 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1986-1987) no. 87 1986; (p. 39)
Rehabilitation and Now Poetic Justice 1976 single work
— Appears in: The Age , 12 August 1976; (p. 3)
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