Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland-based author. The prize was established in 2003 and currently comes with prize money of $2000 and a publication contract with the University of Queensland Press.[1] Entry can be submitted from anyone residing in Queensland and the award is administered and managed by the Queensland Poetry Festival[2] on behalf of Arts Queensland.

Award winners

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2003 Lidija Cvetkovic, War is Not the Season for Figs [3]

2004 Jaya Savige, latecomers[4]

2005 Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back Into The Mirror[5]

2006 Angela Gardner, Parts of Speech[6]

2007 Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria[7]

2008 Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point[8]

2009 Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints[9]

2010 Vlanes (Vladislav Nekliaev), Another Babylon[10]

2011 Nick Powell, Water Mirrors[11]

2012 Rachael Briggs, Free Logic[12]

2013 David Stavanger, The Special[13]

2014 Krissy Kneen, Eating My Grandmother[14]

2015 Stuart Barnes, The Staysails (published as Glasshouses)[15] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)

2016 Shastra Deo, The Agonist[16] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)

2017 Rae White, Milk Teeth[17]

2018 Anna Jacobson, I know I may not escape unscathed (published as Amnesia Findings)[18] (judges Felicity Plunkett and Ali Alizadeh)

2019 Luke Best, Cadaver Dog[19]

2020 Gavin Yuan Gao, At the Altar of Touch[20]

2021 Janaka Malwatta, blackbirds don’t mate with starlings[21]

2022 Jarad Bruinstroop, Reliefs[22] (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander)

2023 Madeleine Dale, The Water-Bearers[23] (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival 2007 - Competitions - Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Queensland Poetry Festival
  2. ^ "Award winning poets gain industry recognition". Queensland Government. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival 2007 - Competitions - Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Queensland Poetry Festival
  4. ^ "Latecomers / Jaya Savige". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Sweeping the light back into the mirror / Nathan Shepherdson". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Parts of speech / Angela Gardner". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Aria / Sarah Holland-Batt". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Vanishing point / Felicity Plunkett". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Award-winning Poets gain Industry recognition". Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Another Babylon". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Water mirrors / Nicholas Powell". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Free logic / Rachael Briggs". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Great writing rewarded by Australian Centre literary awards | MUSSE". musse.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  14. ^ "Eating my grandmother : a grief cycle / Krissy Kneen". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Barnes wins 2015 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books and Publishing. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Taking five with Shastra Deo". the Australian Writers marketplace. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Milk Teeth (Rae White, UQP)". Books+Publishing. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Jacobson wins 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  19. ^ "Best wins 2019 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  20. ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  21. ^ "Malwatta wins 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Books+Publishing. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  22. ^ "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2022 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2023 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 22 April 2023.