The Newcastle Poetry Prize is an annual Australian award for Australian poetry. It was established in 1981 as the Mattara Poetry Prize.[1]

The Prize began in September 1980 when Peter Goldman handed out an anthology of poetry at the Mattara Festival.[1]

This anthology prompted two lecturers at the University of Newcastle, Christopher Pollnitz and Paul Kavanagh, to seek funding for a poetry competition which paved the way for the first official Mattara Poetry Prize in 1981. This prize gone on to become known as the Newcastle Poetry Prize.[1]

Today the Prize receives entries from across the nation.

Winners

New Media Winners

  • [2009]: [Rob Walker and Ben Walker] (Bibliophobia)
  • [2008]: [Jason Nelson] (Wittenoom) joint winner with [Paul White] (Don't read too much into it)
  • [2007]: [Rob Walker and Matt Walker] (Moon Anti-Poem)
  • [2006]: [Philip Norton] (Hypnosis)

Anthologies

  • "The Anabranch", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2022
  • "Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2021
  • "Measures of Truth", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2020
  • "Soft Serve", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2019
  • "Buying Online", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2018
  • "The Crows in Town", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2017
  • "The Dangar Island Garbage Boat", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2016
  • "Connective Tissue", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2015
  • "Now You Shall Know", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2013
  • "Coastline", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2012
  • "Completely Surrounded: Thirty Years of the Newcastle Poetry Prize 1981-2011", Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2011
  • "The Wombat Vedas", ed. Jennifer Harrison and Keri Glastonbury, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2011
  • "Time With the Sky", ed. Jill Jones and Anthony Lawrence, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2010
  • The Night Road, ed. Philip Salom and Jill Jones, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle 2009
  • to sculpt the moment, ed. Jan Owen, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle, 2008.
  • Eclogues, ed. Martin Harrison, John Jenkins and Jan Owen, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle, 2007.
  • the honey fills the cone, ed. Judith Beveridge, Martin Harrison and Jean Kent, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle, 2006.
  • sunweight,, ed. Judy Johnson, Judith Beveridge & Brian Joyce, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle, 2005.
  • The Cool Breath Burn, (CD) ed. John Bennet, Judy Johnson & Lizz Murphy, Hunter Writers' Centre, Newcastle, 2004.
  • Unfamiliar Tides, 2001/2002.
  • Time's Collision with the Tongue, ed. Peter Boyle and Jan Owen, 2000.
  • The Argument from Desire, ed. Ron K. Pretty, Five Islands Press, Wollongong, 1999.
  • The Nightjar, ed. John Hawke, Coal River Press, Newcastle, 1997.
  • The New World Tattoo, ed. John Hawke, Coal River Press, Newcastle, 1996.
  • Let Dark Memory Bloom, ed. Paul Kavanagh. Newcastle: Coal River Press, 1995.
  • The Sea’s White Edge, ed. Paul Kavanagh. Springwood: Butterfly Books, 1991.
  • Pictures from an Exhibition, ed. Paul Kavanagh, Mattara Poetry Prize, University of Newcastle, 1989.
  • The International Terminal, ed. Christopher Pollnitz. University of Newcastle, 1988.
  • Properties of the Poet, ed. Paul Kavanagh. University of Newcastle, 1987.
  • An Inflection of Silence, ed. Christopher Pollnitz. University of Newcastle, 1986.
  • Poem of Thanksgiving, ed. Paul Kavanagh, University of Newcastle, 1985.
  • Neither Nuked nor Crucified, ed. Christopher Pollnitz. University of Newcastle, 1984.
  • Instructions for Honey Ants, ed. Paul Kavanagh, University of Newcastle, 1983.
  • Lines from the Horizon and Other Poems, ed. Christopher Pollnitz. University of Newcastle, 1982.
  • The Members of the Orchestra, ed. Paul Kavanagh, University of Newcastle, 1981.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Newcastle Poetry Prize – History - Hunter Writers Centre". 15 June 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Newcastle Poetry Prize 2023 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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