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poetry prize
Written by admin on 3-09-2008
2009 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation
The major prize is $3000, with two minor prizes of $500. Closing date is Monday 7 December 2009.
It’s an award specifically designed to encourage new poets and new poems. You can find out more information about how to enter here, while the successful poems from last year can be read here, here and here.
For more about Judith Wright’s contribution to Australian poetry and Australian life, check out Georgie Arnott’s review of Wright’s correspondence.
Entry form | guidelines | 2008 results |
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