Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry

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$30,000 cash award.[1]

Winners and Shortlists

2014

  • Winner: Fiona Hile – Novelties, Hunter
  • Justin Clemens – The Mundiad, Hunter
  • Diane Fahey – The Stone Garden: poems from Clare, Clouds of Magellan
  • Liam Ferney – Boom, Grand Parade Poets
  • Kate Middleton – Ephemeral Waters, Giramondo Publishing
  • Jessica Wilkinson – Marionette: A biography of Miss Marion Davies, Vagabond Press

2013

  • Winner: Ali Cobby-Eckermann – Ruby Moonlight, Magabala Books
  • Kate Fagan – First Light, Giramondo Publishing
  • Michael Farrell – Open Sesame, Giramondo Publishing
  • Anthony Lawrence – The Welfare of my Enemy, Puncher & Wattman
  • Kate Lilley – Ladylike, UWA Publishing
  • Vivian Smith – Here, There and Elsewhere, Giramondo Publishing

2012

  • Winner: Gig Ryan – New and Selected Poems, Giramondo Publishing
  • Ken Bolton – Sly Mongoose, Puncher and Wattman
  • Susan Hawthorne – Cow, Spinifex Press
  • John Mateer – Southern Barbarians, Giramondo Publishing
  • Claire Potter – Swallow, Five Islands Press
  • Tracy Ryan – The Argument, Fremantle Press

2011

  • Winner: Jennifer Maiden – Pirate Rain, Giramondo Publishing
  • Susan Bradley Smith – Supermodernprayerbook, Salt Publishing
  • Andy Jackson – Among The Regulars, Papertiger Media Inc
  • Jill Jones – Dark Bright Doors, Wakefield Press Pty
  • Anna Kerdijk Nicholson – Possession, Five Island Press
  • Andy Kissane – Out to Lunch, Puncher and Wattmann

2010

2009

  • 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

2008

2007

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

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

2002

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

1999 and before

Award winners:[2]

See also

Notes

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