Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry

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The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.[1]

The prize currently comes with a $15,000 (AUS) cash award.[1]

Contents

[edit] Winners

[edit] 2006

  • Winner: Jaya Savige - Latecomers, University of Queensland Press.
  • Aidan Coleman - Avenues & Runways, Brandl & Schlesinger
  • Susan Hampton - The Kindly Ones, Five Islands Press
  • Jill Jones - Broken/Open, Salt Publishing
  • Penelope Layland - Suburban Anatomy, Pandanus Books
  • David McCooey - Blister Pack, Salt Publishing

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2004

  • Winner: Pam Brown - Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems, Salt Publishing
  • Jordie Albiston - The Fall, White Crane Press
  • M. T. C. Cronin - beautiful, unfinished -PARABLE/SONG/CANTO/POEM, Salt Publishing
  • Brook Emery - Misplaced Heart, Five Islands Press
  • Philip Hammial - In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children, Island Press
  • John Tranter - Studio Moon, Salt Publishing

[edit] 2003

[edit] 2002

[edit] 2001

  • Winner: Ken Taylor - Africa, Five Islands Press
  • Jennifer Compton - Blue, Ginninderra Press
  • Brook Emery - and dug my fingers in the sand, Five Islands Press
  • Philip Hammial - Bread, Black Pepper
  • J. S. Harry - Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow, Vagabond Press
  • Wendy Jenkins - Rogue Equations, Fremantle Arts Centre Press

[edit] 2000

[edit] 1999 and before

Award winners:[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b [1] New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Web page, accessed November 5, 2006
  2. ^ [2]New South Wales Ministry of Culture Web site, official list of past winners

[edit] External links