The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry.[1] It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner.[2] The award is named after Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976).[3]

Award winners

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Note: the award is made for a particular year of publication, but presented in the following year.

Prior to 2004

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  • Winner: Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints (University of Queensland Press)[21]
  • Highly Commended: Andy Jackson, Among the Regulars (Paper Tiger)
  • Commended: Rachael Petridis, Sundecked (The Australian Poetry Centre); Chloe Wilson, The Mermaid Problem (The Australian Poetry Centre); Peter Coghill, The Rockclimber's Hands (Picaro); and Leah Kaminsky, Stitching Things Together (Interactive Press)

2011

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  • Winner: Mags Webster, The Weather of Tongues (Sunline][22]
  • Highly Commended: Michelle Dicinoski, Electricity for Beginners (Clouds of Magellan)
  • Commended: Vladislav Neklianv, Another Babylon(UQP); Fiona Wright, Knuckled (Giramondo)

2012

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  • Winner: Elizabeth Allen, Body Language (Vagabond Press)[23]
  • Highly Commended: Eileen Chong, Burning Rice (Australian Poetry)
  • Commended: Toby Finch, Rawshock (Puncher and Wattman); Susan McCreery, Waiting for Southerly (Gininderra Press);

2013

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  • Winner: Vanessa Page, Confessional Box (Walleah Press)[24]
  • Commended: Susan Adams, Beside Rivers (Island Press); Luke Fischer, Paths of Flight (Black Pepper); Vanessa Kirkpatrick, To Catch the Light (Fence Post Press); Ainslee Meredith, Pinetorch (Australian Poetry/Express Media)

2014

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2015

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  • Winner: John Hawke, Aurelia (Cordite Books)[26]
  • Highly commended: Shari Kocher, The Non-Sequitur of Snow (Puncher & Wattmann), Linda Weste, Nothing Sacred (Australian Scholarly Publishing)

2016

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2017

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  • Winner: Rico Craig, Bone Ink (Guillotine Press)
  • Highly commended: Bella Li, Argosy (Vagabond Press)
  • Commended: Shastra Deo, The Agonist (University of Queensland Press), Omar Sakr, These Wild Houses (Cordite Books)

2018

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2019

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2020

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  • Winner: Ella Jeffrey, Dead Bolt (Puncher & Wattmann)[29]
  • Commended: Luke Best, Cadaver Dog (UQP); Rebecca Jessen, Ask Me About the Future (UQP)

2021

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  • Winner: Audrey Molloy, The Important Things (Gallery Press)[30]
  • Highly Commended: Evelyn Araluen, Dropbear (UQP); Lucy Van, The Open (Cordite); Damen O'Brien, Animals With Human Voices (Recent Work)
  • Commended: James Lucas, Rare Bird (Recent Work)

2022

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  • Joint Winners:[31]
    • Harry Reid, Leave Me Alone (Cordite)
    • Theodore Ell, Beginning In Sight (RWP)
  • Highly Commended: Rebecca Cheers, No Camellias (Rabbit Books); Moya Costello, Pressed Specimens (Beir Bua Press); Gavin Yuan Gao, At the Altar of Touch (UQP)[31]

2023

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  • Winner: Sara M. Saleh, The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat (UQP)[32]
  • Highly Commended: Ella Skilbeck-Porter, These Are Different Waters (Vagabond); Grace Yee, Chinese Fish (Giramondo)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Andrada wins Anne Elder Award 2018 for 'Flood Damages'". Books+Publishing. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b 2005 National Literary Awards Results Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 2.
  3. ^ Elder, Anne. "Elder, Anne Josephine Chloe (1918–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  4. ^ a b "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1977-78". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1979-81". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Kate Llewellyn". Australian Poetry Library. University of Sydney, Copyright Agency Limited. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1982-84". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1985-88". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1989-91". Austlit. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1992-94". Austlit. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b c "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1995-97". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1998-2000". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Literature Board Members". Australia Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  14. ^ "Kathryn Lomer". The Write Stuff. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
  15. ^ 2004 National Literary Awards Results Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 2.
  16. ^ 2006 National Literary Awards Results Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 2.
  17. ^ ""2007 National Literary Awards"" (PDF). FAW. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  18. ^ 2008 National Literary Awards Results Archived 13 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Readings (Books, Music, Film). News. 5 May 2009
  20. ^ ""Results 2009 National Literary Awards"" (PDF). FAW. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Results of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic). Inc. 2010 National Literary Awards" (PDF). Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic). Inc. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  22. ^ ""FAW 2011 Awards Program"" (PDF). FAW. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  23. ^ ""2012 National Literary Awards"" (PDF). FAW. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  24. ^ ""FAW National Literary Awards Results 2013"" (PDF). FAW. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  25. ^ "National Literary Awards Results 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  26. ^ "National Literary Awards Results 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  27. ^ "National Literary Awards Results 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  28. ^ "Cham, Jenkins named joint winners of Anne Elder poetry award". Books+Publishing. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  29. ^ "Jeffrey wins 2020 Anne Elder Award for 'Dead Bolt'". Books+Publishing. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  31. ^ a b "Reid, Ell win 2022 Anne Elder Award". Books+Publishing. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  32. ^ "Saleh wins Anne Elder Award 2023". Books+Publishing. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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