The Mary Gilmore Prize for the best first book of poetry is given to a first book of poetry from the previous two years; prior to 1998 it was awarded annually. It is conducted by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and named after the writer and socialist Dame Mary Gilmore.
Winners and shortlists by year[]
2010[]
- Winner: Joanna Preston - The Summer King
- Shortlisted: Emily Ballou - The Darwin Poems
- Sarah Holland-Batt - Aria
- Emma Jones - The Striped World
Before 2010[]
- 2008: Nathan Shepherdson - Sweeping the Light Back Into the Mirror
- 2006: David McCooey - Blister Pack
- 2004: Michael Brennan - Imageless World
- 2002: Geraldine McKenzie - Duty
- 2000: Lucy Dougan - Memory Shell
- 1998: Emma Lew - The Wild Reply
- 1997: Morgan Yasbincek - Night Reversing
- 1996: Jordie Albiston - Nervous Arcs
- 1995: Aileen Kelly - Coming Up for Light
- 1994: Deborah Staines - Now, Millennium
- 1993: Jill Jones - The Mask and Jagged Star
- 1992: Alison Croggon - This is the Stone
- 1991: Jean Kent - Verandahs
- 1990: Kristopher Rassemussen - In the Name of the Father
- 1989: Alex Skovron - The Re-arrangement
- 1988: Judith Beveridge - The Domesticity of Giraffes
- 1987: Jan Owen - Boy with Telescope
- 1986: Stephen Williams - A Crowd of Voices
- 1985: Doris Brett - The Truth about Unicorns
See also[]
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