The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the
Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry.[1] It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner.[2] The award is named after Australian poet
Anne Elder (1918–1976).[3]
Award winners
Note: the award is made for a particular year of publication, but presented in the following year.
Prior to 2004
1977:
Laurie Duggan, East (R. Kenny); and Graeme Curtis, At Last No Reply (Makar Press)[4]
Winner:Libby Hart, Fresh News from the Arctic (Interactive Press)[16]
Highly Commended:Luke Beesley, Lemon Shark (Paper Tiger Media);
Francesca HaigBodies of Water (Five Islands Press); and
Paul MageeCube root of book (John Leonard Press)
Commended:Jennifer Chrystie, Polishing the Silver (Ginninderra Press);
Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back into the Mirror (UQP); and
Simon West, First Names (Puncher & Wattmann)
Commended:Elizabeth Campbell, Letters to the Tremulous Hand (John Leonard Press);
Sarah French, Songs Orphans Sing (Five Islands Press);
Hal Judge, Someone Forgot to Tell the Fish (Interactive Publications); and
Petra White, The Incoming Tide (John Leonard Press)
Commended:David AdèsMapping the World (Wakefield Press); and
Carol Jenkins, Fishing in the Devonians (Puncher & Wattmann)
2009
Winner:Emma Jones, The Striped World (Faber and Faber)[20]
Highly Commended:Emily Ballou, The Darwin Poems (UWA Publishing)
Commended:Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point (University of Queensland Press)
2010
Winner: Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints (University of Queensland Press)[21]
Highly Commended: Andy Jackson, Among the Regulars (Paper Tiger)
Commended: Rachael Petridis, Sundecked (The Australian Poetry Centre); Chloe Wilson, The Mermaid Problem (The Australian Poetry Centre); Peter Coghill, The Rockclimber's Hands (Picaro); and Leah Kaminsky, Stitching Things Together (Interactive Press)
2011
Winner:Mags Webster, The Weather of Tongues(Sunline];
Highly Commended: Michelle Dicinoski, Electricity for Beginners (Clouds of Magellan)
Commended: Vladislav Neklianv, Another Babylon(UQP); Fiona Wright, Knuckled (Giramondo)
Commended: Susan Adams, Beside Rivers (Island Press); Luke Fischer, Paths of Flight (Black Pepper); Vanessa Kirkpatrick, To Catch the Light (Fence Post Press); Ainslee Meredith, Pinetorch (Australian Poetry/Express Media)
The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the
Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry.[1] It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner.[2] The award is named after Australian poet
Anne Elder (1918–1976).[3]
Award winners
Note: the award is made for a particular year of publication, but presented in the following year.
Prior to 2004
1977:
Laurie Duggan, East (R. Kenny); and Graeme Curtis, At Last No Reply (Makar Press)[4]
Winner:Libby Hart, Fresh News from the Arctic (Interactive Press)[16]
Highly Commended:Luke Beesley, Lemon Shark (Paper Tiger Media);
Francesca HaigBodies of Water (Five Islands Press); and
Paul MageeCube root of book (John Leonard Press)
Commended:Jennifer Chrystie, Polishing the Silver (Ginninderra Press);
Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back into the Mirror (UQP); and
Simon West, First Names (Puncher & Wattmann)
Commended:Elizabeth Campbell, Letters to the Tremulous Hand (John Leonard Press);
Sarah French, Songs Orphans Sing (Five Islands Press);
Hal Judge, Someone Forgot to Tell the Fish (Interactive Publications); and
Petra White, The Incoming Tide (John Leonard Press)
Commended:David AdèsMapping the World (Wakefield Press); and
Carol Jenkins, Fishing in the Devonians (Puncher & Wattmann)
2009
Winner:Emma Jones, The Striped World (Faber and Faber)[20]
Highly Commended:Emily Ballou, The Darwin Poems (UWA Publishing)
Commended:Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point (University of Queensland Press)
2010
Winner: Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints (University of Queensland Press)[21]
Highly Commended: Andy Jackson, Among the Regulars (Paper Tiger)
Commended: Rachael Petridis, Sundecked (The Australian Poetry Centre); Chloe Wilson, The Mermaid Problem (The Australian Poetry Centre); Peter Coghill, The Rockclimber's Hands (Picaro); and Leah Kaminsky, Stitching Things Together (Interactive Press)
2011
Winner:Mags Webster, The Weather of Tongues(Sunline];
Highly Commended: Michelle Dicinoski, Electricity for Beginners (Clouds of Magellan)
Commended: Vladislav Neklianv, Another Babylon(UQP); Fiona Wright, Knuckled (Giramondo)
Commended: Susan Adams, Beside Rivers (Island Press); Luke Fischer, Paths of Flight (Black Pepper); Vanessa Kirkpatrick, To Catch the Light (Fence Post Press); Ainslee Meredith, Pinetorch (Australian Poetry/Express Media)