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Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

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The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland author. The prize was established in 2003 and currently comes with a total prize money of $3000 and a publication contract with the University of Queensland Press.

Award winners

2015
  • Stuart Barnes, The Staysails
    • 2014
  • Krissy Kneen, Eating My Grandmother
    • 2013
  • David Stavanger, The Special
    • 2102
  • Rachel Briggs, Free Logic
    • 2011
  • Nick Powell
    • 2010
  • Vlanes (Vladislav Nekliaev), Another Babylon
    • 2009
  • Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints
    • 2008
  • Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point
    • 2007
  • Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria
    • 2006
  • Angela Gardner, Parts of Speech
    • 2005
  • Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back Into The Mirror
    • 2004
  • Jaya Savige, latecomers
    • 2003
  • Lidija Cvetkovic, War is Not the Season for Figs

    • References

    Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize Wikipedia
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