The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland-based author.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. Entry can be submitted from anyone residing in Queensland and the award is administered and managed by the Queensland Poetry Festival on behalf of Arts Queensland.
Award winners
2003 Lidija Cvetkovic, War is Not the Season for Figs
2004 Jaya Savige, latecomers
2005 Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back Into The Mirror
2006 Angela Gardner, Parts of Speech
2007 Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria
2008 Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point
2009 Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints
2010 Vlanes (Vladislav Nekliaev), Another Babylon
2011 Nick Powell, Water Mirrors
2012 Rachael Briggs, Free Logic
2013 David Stavanger, The Special
2014 Krissy Kneen, Eating My Grandmother
2015 Stuart Barnes, The Staysails (published as Glasshouses) (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)
2016 Shastra Deo, The Agonist (judges Felicity Plunkett and Justin Clemens)
2017 Rae White, Milk Teeth
2018 Anna Jacobson, I know I may not escape unscathed (published as Amnesia Findings) (judges Felicity Plunkett and Ali Alizadeh)
2019 Luke Best, Cadaver Dog
2020 Gavin Yuan Gao, At the Altar of Touch
2021 Janaka Malwatta, blackbirds donβt mate with starlings
2022 Jarad Bruinstroop, Reliefs (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander)
2023 Madeleine Dale, The Water-Bearers (judges Stuart Barnes and Maria Takolander
See also
References
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- "Award winning poets gain industry recognition". Queensland Government. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- "Queensland Poetry Festival 2007 - Competitions - Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Queensland Poetry Festival
- "Latecomers / Jaya Savige". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Sweeping the light back into the mirror / Nathan Shepherdson". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Parts of speech / Angela Gardner". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Aria / Sarah Holland-Batt". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Vanishing point / Felicity Plunkett". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- "Award-winning Poets gain Industry recognition". Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- "Another Babylon". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Water mirrors / Nicholas Powell". Trove. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- "Free logic / Rachael Briggs". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Great writing rewarded by Australian Centre literary awards | MUSSE". musse.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- "Eating my grandmother : a grief cycle / Krissy Kneen". Trove. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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- "Taking five with Shastra Deo". the Australian Writers marketplace. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- "Milk Teeth (Rae White, UQP)". Books+Publishing. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- "Jacobson wins 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- "Best wins 2019 Thomas Shapcott Prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- "Queensland Poetry Festival awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- "Malwatta wins 2021 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize". Books+Publishing. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2022 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- "Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize 2023 Awardee". Queensland Poetry. Retrieved 22 April 2023.