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The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland-based author.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

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 Rachel 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]

2016 Shastra Deo, The Agonist[16]

2017 Rae White, Milk Teeth[17]

2018 Anna Jacobson, I know I may not escape unscathed (published as Amnesia Findings)[18]

2019 Luke Best, Cadaver Dog[19]

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

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Queensland Poetry Festival
  2. "Award winning poets gain industry recognition". Queensland Government. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 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.
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