The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form.[1] It is named after Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971).
The prize currently comes with a A$15,000 cash award.[1]
Winners[]
2008[]
- Winner: LK Holt – Man Wolf Man, John Leonard Press.
- Michael Brennan – Unanimous Night, Salt Publishing
- David Brooks – The Balcony, University of Queensland Press
- Sarah Holland-Batt – Aria, University of Queensland Press
- Kerry Leves – A Shrine To Lata Mangeshkar, Puncher & Wattman
- Alan Wearne – The Australian Popular Songbook, Giramondo
2006[]
- Winner: Jaya Savige – Latecomers, University of Queensland Press.
- Aidan Coleman – Avenues & Runways, Brandl & Schlesinger
- Susan Hampton – The Kindly Ones, Five Islands Press
- Jill Jones – Broken/Open, Salt Publishing
- Penelope Layland – Suburban Anatomy, Pandanus Books
- David McCooey – Blister Pack, Salt Publishing
2005[]
- Winner: Samuel Wagan Watson – Smoke Encrypted Whispers, University of Queensland Press
- M. T. C. Cronin – < More or Less Than> 1–100, Shearsman Books Ltd
- Lidija Cvetkovic – War is Not the Season for Figs, University of Queensland Press
- John Kinsella – Doppler Effect, Salt Publishing
- Dipti Saravanamuttu – The Colosseum, Five Islands Press
- Alan Wearne – The Lovemakers Book Two: Money and Nothing, ABC Books
2004[]
- Winner: Pam Brown – Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems, Salt Publishing
- Jordie Albiston – The Fall, White Crane Press
- M. T. C. Cronin – beautiful, unfinished Salt Publishing
- Brook Emery – Misplaced Heart, Five Islands Press
- Philip Hammial – In the Year of Our Lord Slaughter's Children, Island Press
- John Tranter – Studio Moon, Salt Publishing
2003[]
- Winner: Jill Jones – Screens Jets Heaven
- Alison Croggon – Attempts at Being
- Kate Lilley – Versary
- Emma Lew – Anything the Landlord Touches
- Sarah Day – New and Selected Poems
- Robert Gray – Afterimages
2002[]
- Winner: Alan Wearne – The Lovemakers, Penguin Books Australia
- Robert Adamson – Mulberry Leaves: New & Selected Poems: 1970–2001, Paper Bark Press
- Martin Harrison – Summer, Paper Bark Press
- Dorothy Hewett – Halfway Up the Mountain, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
- Bronwyn Lea – Flight Animals, University of Queensland Press
- Gig Ryan – Heroic Money, Brandl & Schlesinger
- John Tranter – Ultra, Brandl & Schlesinger
2001[]
- Winner: Ken Taylor – Africa, Five Islands Press
- Jennifer Compton – Blue, Ginninderra Press
- Brook Emery – and dug my fingers in the sand, Five Islands Press
- Philip Hammial – Bread, Black Pepper
- J. S. Harry – Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow, Vagabond Press
- Wendy Jenkins – Rogue Equations, Fremantle Arts Centre Press
2000[]
- Winner: Jennifer Maiden – Mines, Paper Bark Press/Australian Humanities Research Foundation
- Richard James Allen – Thursday's Fictions, Five Islands Press
- M. T. C. Cronin – Everything Holy, Balcones International Press
- Jennifer Harrison – Dear B, Black Pepper
- Kevin Hart – Wicked Heat, Paper Bark Press
- John Millett – Iceman, Five Islands Press
1999 and before[]
Award winners:[2]
- 1999: Lee Cataldi – Race Against Time, Penguin Books Australia
- 1998: no awards were presented
- 1997: Anthony Lawrence – The Viewfinder, University of Queensland Press
- 1996: Eric Beach – Weeping for Lost Babylon, HarperCollins and J. S. Harry – Selected Poems, Penguin Books Australia
- 1995: Peter Boyle – Coming Home From the World, Five Islands Press
- 1994: Barry Hill – Ghosting William Buckley, William Heinemann Australia
- 1993: Les Murray – Translations from the Natural World, Isabella Press
- 1992: Elizabeth Riddell – Selected Poems, Collins Angus & Robertson
- 1991: Jennifer Maiden – The Winter Baby, Collins Angus & Robertson
- 1990: Robert Adamson – The Clean Dark, Paper Bark Press
- 1989: John Tranter – Under Berlin, University of Queensland Press
- 1988: Judith Beveridge – The Domesticity of Giraffes, Black Lightning Press
- 1987: Philip Hodgins – Blood and Bone, Angus & Robertson
- 1986: Robert Gray – Selected Poems 1963–83, Angus & Robertson
- 1985: Kevin Hart – Your Shadow, Angus & Robertson
- 1984: Les Murray – The People's Other World, Angus & Robertson
- 1983: Vivian Smith – Tide Country, Angus & Robertson
- 1982: Fay Zwicky – Kaddish and Other Poems, University of Queensland Press
- 1981: Alan Gould – Astral Sea, Angus & Robertson in literature|1980]]
- 1980: David Campbell – Man in the Honeysuckle, Angus & Robertson
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Web page, accessed November 5, 2006
- ↑ New South Wales Ministry of Culture Web site, official list of past winners
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