The Kathleen Grattan Award is one of New Zealand's top poetry awards. It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, who died in 1990. The award was first made in 2008.
History edit
The Kathleen Grattan Award is a prestigious poetry prize for an original collection of poems or a long poem by a New Zealand or Pacific resident or citizen.[1][2]
It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly. Her work was published in Landfall and elsewhere, including Premier Poets, a collection from the World Poetry Society. She was a member of the Titirangi Poets.[3] Kathleen Grattan died in 1990 and her daughter Jocelyn Grattan, who died in 2005,[4] left Landfall a bequest with which to establish an award in her mother's name.[1] She also left another bequest to fund the Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems.
The inaugural award was made in 2008 and for some years it was given annually, but is now biennial.[1]
Eligibility and conditions edit
- This award is given biennially for a collection of poems, or one long poem
- Minimum submission length is 20 pages
- Entrants must be New Zealand or South Pacific permanent residents or citizens.
- Individual poems can have been previously published, but the collection as a whole should be unpublished.
- Entries (in an award year) are accepted until 31 July and the result is announced in the November issue of Landfall
- The winner receives a monetary prize of $10,000 and a year's subscription to Landfall.[5]
List of winners by year edit
Unless otherwise stated, all winners were published in the year following their award by Otago University Press
- 2008: Joanna Preston (The Summer King, which also won the Mary Gilmore Prize for best first book of poetry)[6]
- 2009: Leigh Davis (posthumously) (Stunning debut of the Repairing of a Life)[7][8]
- 2010: Jennifer Compton (This City)[9]
- 2011: Emma Neale (The Truth Garden)[10][11][12]
- 2013: Siobhan Harvey (Nephrology for Beginners, published as Cloudboy)[13]
- 2015: Michael Harlow (Nothing for it but to Sing)[14]
- 2017: Alison Glenny (The Farewell Tourist)[15]
- 2019: Philip Armstrong (Sinking Lessons)[16]
- 2021: Michael Steven (Night School)[1]
- 2023: Jo McNeice (Blue Hour)[17]
See also edit
External links edit
- Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award on Otago University Press website - with a list of past winners.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award". University of Otago: Otago University Press. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Awards and Competitions". Unesco City of Literature: Dunedin. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Kathleen Grattan Award". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Scanlon, Sean (16 May 2008). "Millionaire's row". Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Kathleen Grattan Award". Landfall Review Online. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Christchurch author wins Mary Gilmore Award". Scoop culture. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Preston, Joanna (22 November 2009). "Kathleen Grattan Award 2009". A Dark Feathered Art. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Stunning Debut of the Repairing of a Life". Radio New Zealand. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Compton wins top poetry award with Randell Cottage poems". Randell Cottage Writers Trust. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Preston, Joanna (21 November 2011). "Emma Neale wins the 2011 Kathleen Grattan Award". A Dark Feathered Art. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Smith, Charmian (17 January 2013). "A novel year, with poetry". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Chapter & Verse". Radio New Zealand. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Kathleen Grattan Award for Poetry". Radio New Zealand. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ Preston, Joanna (3 November 2015). "Kathleen Grattan Award – 2015 edition". A Dark Feathered Art. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award Winner Inspired by Polar Experience". New Zealand Poetry Society. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "'Sinking Lessons' wins award for Lyttelton poet and UC professor". University of Canterbury Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Jo McNeice wins the 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award". University of Otago. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.