The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the
Fellowship of Australian Writers
The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) is a collection or federation of state-based organizations aiming to support and promote the interests of Australian writers. It was established in Sydney in 1928, with the aim of bringing writers togethe ...
from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry.
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.
[2005 National Literary Awards Results]
p. 2. The award is named after Australian poet
Anne Elder (1918–1976).
Award winners
Note: the award is made for a particular year of publication, but presented in the following year.
Prior to 2004
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
:
Laurie Duggan, ''East'' (R. Kenny); and Graeme Curtis, ''At Last No Reply'' (Makar Press)
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
:
Lee Cataldi, ''Invitation to a Marxist lesbian party'' (
Wild & Woolley)
*
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
: Les Harrop, ''The Hum of the Old Suit: Poems'' (
Angus & Robertson
Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: A ...
)
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
: Richard Lunn, ''Pompeii Deep Fry'' (Randolph Press)
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...
:
Gig Ryan, '' The Division of Anger'' (Transit Press) and
Jenny Boult, ''The Hotel Anonymous'' (Bent Enterprises)
*
1982
Events
January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
:
Kate Llewellyn, ''Trader Kate and the Elephants'' (Friendly Street Poets); and
Peter Goldsworthy
Peter David Goldsworthy (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera Libretto, libretti. He is known for his novels ''Honk If You Are Jesus'', and ''Thr ...
, '' Readings from Ecclesiastes'' (Angus & Robertson)
*
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
:
David Brooks, '' The Cold Front'' (Hale & Iremonger)
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
:
Doris Brett, ''The Truth about Unicorns'' (Jacaranda Press) and Max Richards, ''Under Mount Egmont and Other Poems'' (Neptune Press)
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
: Stephen J Williams, ''A Crowd of Voices'' (Pariah Press Co-op)
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal en ...
:
Jan Owen, ''Boy with Telescope'' (Angus & Robertson)
*
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
:
Sarah Day, ''A Hunger to be Less Serious'' (Angus & Robertson)
*
1988
1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...
: Alex Skovron, ''The Rearrangement'' (Melbourne University Press)
*
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
: Mark Miller, ''Conversing with Stones'' (Five Islands Press)
*
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
: Jean Kent, ''Verandahs'' (Hale & Iremonger) and Barry Hill, ''Raft: Poems 1983-1990'' (Penguin)
*
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
:
Alison Croggon, ''This is the Stone'' (Penguin Books)
*
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
:
Nicolette Stasko, ''Abundance'' (
Angus & Robertson
Angus & Robertson (A&R) is a major Australian bookseller, publisher and printer. As book publishers, A&R has contributed substantially to the promotion and development of Australian literature.Alison, Jennifer (2001). "Publishers and editors: A ...
)
*
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
: Terry Whitebeach, ''Bird Dream'' in ''Four New Poets'' (Penguin)
*
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
: Not awarded
*
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
:
Jennifer Harrison, ''Michelangelo's Prisoners'' (Black Pepper)
*
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
:
Marcella Polain, ''Dumbstruck'' (Five Islands)
*
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
:
Morgan Yasbincek, ''Night Reversing'' (
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Fremantle Press (formerly known as Fremantle Arts Centre Press) is an independent publisher in Western Australia. Fremantle Press was established by the Fremantle Arts Centre in 1976. It focuses on publishing Western Australian writers and writin ...
)
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
: Jane Williams, ''Outside Temple Boundaries'' (Five Islands Press) and
Amanda Stewart, ''I/T: Selected poems 1980–1996'' (Here and There/Split Records)
*
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
: Not awarded
*
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
: Arthur M. Spyrou, ''Garden of Delights'' (Monogene)
*
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
: Not awarded
*
2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
:
Bronwyn Lea, ''Flight Animals'' (UQP)
*
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
:
Chris Andrews, ''Cut Lunch'' (Indigo) and
Kathryn Lomer, ''Extraction of Arrows'' (UQP)
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
* Winner:
Lidija Cvetkovic, ''War is not the Season for Figs'' (UQP)
* Highly Commended:
Peter Lyssiotis, ''The Bird, The Belltower'' (Modern Writing);
Miriam Wei Wei Lo, ''Against Certain Capture'' (Five Islands)
* Commended:
Lucy Alexander ''Feathered Tongues'' (Five Islands);
David Musgrave
David Musgrave (born 1965) is an Australian poet, novelist, publisher and critic. He is the founder of and publisher at Puncher & Wattmann, an independent press which publishes Australian poetry and literary fiction. He is also Deputy Chair o ...
''To Thalia'' (Five Islands)
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
* Winner:
Max Ryan, ''Rainswayed Night'' (Dangerously Poetic)
[
* Highly commended: Lucy Holt, ''Stories of Bird'' (Poets Union)
* Commended: Luis Gonzalez Serrano, ''Cities with Moveable Parts'' (Poets Union)
]
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
* Winner: Libby Hart, ''Fresh News from the Arctic'' (Interactive Press)
* Highly Commended: Luke Beesley, ''Lemon Shark'' (Paper Tiger Media); Francesca Haig ''Bodies of Water'' (Five Islands Press); and Paul Magee ''Cube 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
Simon Alexander West (born 17 July 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films ''Con Air'', ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', ''The Mechanic (2011 film), Th ...
, ''First Names'' (Puncher & Wattmann)
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
* Winner: Judith Bishop, ''Event'' (Salt Publishing)
* 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)
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
* Winner: Sarah Holland-Batt
Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982) is a contemporary Australian poet, critic, and academic.
Early life and education
Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and Denver, Colorado.
She was educated at the University o ...
, ''Aria'' (University of Queensland Press); and Sandy Fitts, ''View from the Lucky Hotel'' (Five Islands Press)
* Highly Commended: Elizabeth Hodgson, ''Skin Painting'' (UQP)
* Commended: David Adès ''Mapping the World'' (Wakefield Press); and Carol Jenkins, ''Fishing in the Devonians'' (Puncher & Wattmann)
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
* Winner: Emma Jones, ''The Striped World'' (Faber and Faber)
*Highly Commended: Emily Ballou, ''The Darwin Poems'' (UWA Publishing)
*Commended: Felicity Plunkett, ''Vanishing Point'' (University of Queensland Press)
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
* Winner: Rosanna Licari, ''An Absence of Saints'' (University of Queensland Press)
*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)
2012
* Winner: Elizabeth Allen (poet), Elizabeth Allen, ''Body Language'' (Vagabond Press)
* Highly Commended: Eileen Chong, ''Burning Rice'' (Australian Poetry)
* Commended: Toby Finch, ''Rawshock'' (Puncher and Wattman); Susan McCreery, ''Waiting for Southerly'' (Gininderra Press);
2013
* Winner: Vanessa Page, ''Confessional Box'' (Walleah Press)
* 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)
2014
* Winner: Cathy Altmann, ''Circumnavigation'' (Poetica Christi Press)
2015
*Winner: John Hawke, ''Aurelia'' (Cordite Books)
*Highly commended: Shari Kocher, ''The Non-Sequitur of Snow'' (Puncher & Wattmann), Linda Weste, ''Nothing Sacred'' (Australian Scholarly Publishing)
2016
*Winner: Berndt Sellheim, ''Awake at the Wheel'' (Vagabond Press)
*Commended: Stuart Barnes (poet), ''Glasshouses'' (University of Queensland Press), Lisa Brockwell, ''Earth Girls'' (Pitt Street Poetry), J. H. Crone, ''Our Lady of the Fence Post'' (UWA Publishing), Susan Varga, ''Rupture'' (UWA Publishing)
*Special Mention: Carmine Frascarelli, ''Sydney Road Poems'' (Rabbit Poets Series)
2017
*Winner: Rico Craig, ''Bone Ink'' (Guillotine Press)
*Highly commended: Bella Li, ''Argosy'' (Vagabond Press)
*Commended: Shastra Deo, ''The Agonist'' (University of Queensland Press), Omar Sakr, ''These Wild Houses'' (Cordite Books)
2018
*Winner: Eunice Andrada, ''Flood Damages'' (Giramondo)
2019
*Winners: Cham Zhi Yi, ''blur by the'' (Subbed In), Gareth Sion Jenkins, ''Recipes for the Disaster'' (5 Islands Press)
*Commended: Alice Allan, ''The Empty Show'' (Rabbit Poets Series), Belinda Rule, ''The Things the Mind Sees Happen'' (Slow Loris/Puncher & Wattmann)
2020
*Winner: Ella Jeffrey, ''Dead Bolt'' (Puncher & Wattmann)
*Commended: Luke Best, ''Cadaver Dog'' (UQP); Rebecca Jessen, ''Ask Me About the Future'' (UQP)
2021
* Winner: Audrey Molloy, ''The Important Things'' (Gallery Press)
* Highly Commended: Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen is an Australian poet and literary editor. She won the 2022 Stella Prize with her first book, '' Dropbear''.
Early life
Araluen is an Aboriginal Australian of the Bundjalung people, born on Dharug land.
Career
Araluen's po ...
, '' Dropbear'' (UQP); Lucy Van, ''The Open'' (Cordite); Damen O'Brien, ''Animals With Human Voices'' (Recent Work)
* Commended: James Lucas, ''Rare Bird'' (Recent Work)
2022
* Joint Winners:
2023
* Winner: Sara M. Saleh, ''The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat'' (UQP)
2024
* Winner: Izzy Roberts-Orr, ''Raw Salt'' (Vagabond)
See also
* List of poetry awards
* List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry. These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
Before 1000 BC
* – '' Kesh Temple Hymn''
* – Enheduanna, ''The Exalta ...
* List of years in literature
This article gives a chronological list of years in literature, with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern liter ...
References
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External links
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