The Christopher Brennan Award (formerly known as the Robert Frost Prize) is an Australian award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. The award, established in 1973, takes the form of a bronze plaque; it recognizes a poet who produces work of "sustained quality and distinction". It is awarded by the Fellowship of Australian Writers and is named after the poet Christopher Brennan.
2015 Gig Ryan
2014 Alan Wearne
2013 Judith Beveridge
2012 Tim Thorne
2011 Jennifer Harrison
2010 Peter Steele
2009 Jennifer Strauss
2008 Robert Gray
2007 John Kinsella
2006 Geoff Page
2005 Fay Zwicky
2004 Kris Hemensley
2003 Philip Salom
2002 Dimitris Tsaloumas
2001 Dorothy Porter
2000 J. S. Harry
1999 Kevin Hart
1998 Jennifer Maiden
1996 Dorothy Hewett
1995 Thomas Shapcott
1995 Robert Adamson
1994 Judith Rodriguez
1993 Geoffrey Dutton
1992 R. A. Simpson
1991 Elizabeth Riddell
1989 Chris Wallace-Crabbe
1988 Roland Robinson
1983 Bruce Dawe
1983 Les Murray
1982 Vincent Buckley
1980 John Blight
1979 Rosemary Dobson
1977 Gwen Harwood
1976 A. D. Hope
1975 Judith Wright
1974 R. D. Fitzgerald
The award has been made posthumously on occasion - to Francis Webb, James McAuley and David Campbell. Other winners include: Thomas Shapcott, Fay Zwicky.
