Mary Gilmore Prize
The Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poetry is given to a first book of poetry published in Australia in the previous year. From 1998 to 2016, it was awarded every two years; prior to 1998 it was awarded annually.[1] It is conducted by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and named in honour of the Australian writer and journalist Dame Mary Gilmore.
Winners by year[]
- 2021: Em König Breathing Plural (Cordite Books)
- 2020: Carte Blanche (Vagabond Press)
- 2019: That Sight (Cordite Books)
- 2018: Quinn Eades Rallying[2] (UWA Publishing)
- 2017: False Nostalgia[3] (Giramondo Publishing)
- 2016: Benedict Andrews Lens Flare (Pitt Street Poetry)
- 2014: Even in the Dark[4] (UWA Publishing)
- 2012: Fiona Wright Knuckled[5] (Giramondo Publishing)
- 2010: The Summer King (Otago University Press)
- 2008: Sweeping the Light Back Into the Mirror (University of Queensland Press)
- 2006: David McCooey Blister Pack (Salt Publishing)
- 2004: Michael Brennan Imageless World (Salt Publishing)
- 2002: Duty (Paper Bark Press)
- 2000: Lucy Dougan Memory Shell (Five Islands Press)
- 1998: Emma Lew The Wild Reply (Black Pepper Publishing)
- 1997: Morgan Yasbincek Night Reversing (Fremantle Press)
- 1996: Jordie Albiston Nervous Arcs (Spinifex Press)
- 1995: Coming Up for Light (Pariah Press)
- 1994: Now, Millennium (Spinifex Press)
- 1993: Jill Jones The Mask and Jagged Star (Hazard Press)
- 1992: Alison Croggon This is the Stone (Penguin Books)
- 1991: Jean Kent Verandahs (Hale & Iremonger)
- 1990: In the Name of the Father (False Frontiers)
- 1989: The Re-arrangement (Melbourne University Press)
- 1988: Judith Beveridge The Domesticity of Giraffes (Black Lightning Press)
- 1987: Jan Owen Boy with Telescope (Angus & Robertson)
- 1986: A Crowd of Voices (Pariah Press)
- 1985: Doris Brett The Truth about Unicorns (Jacaranda Press)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) - Awards | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Eades wins 2018 Mary Gilmore Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ "Aden Rolfe wins the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
- ^ "11 July 2014 : Week in Review", Sydney Review of Books
- ^ "Fiona Wright wins the Dame Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
External links[]
- List of awards given by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature
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Categories:
- Australian poetry awards
- Awards established in 1985
- Australian literature-related lists
- 1985 establishments in Australia