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Poetry and Poetics Centre
Thank you for visiting our website. We are pleased to bring you the latest news in poetry and poetics from South Australia and interstate.
Max Harris Poetry Award 2008
The results of the Max Harris Poetry Award 2008 are now in. We would like to congratulate Shane McCauley, the winner of the $3,000 award, for his poem 'The Drunken Elk'. Please follow the link to view the full results and the judges' report.
The results of last year's Max Harris Poetry Award 2007, including the winning and commended entries and the judges' report , are available here.
Poems in Perspex: Max Harris Poetry Award 2007, the book based on last year's competition, will be launched at the award ceremony in November this year. Further details will be available soon.
Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize 2009
Entries for the 2009 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize are now open.
$40,000 in prize money in 2009!
Follow the link below for full details:
Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize link.
Australian Poetry Slam 08
Heats for the SA Poetry Slam 08 will be held in October and November this year.
Click here for the schedule of events [[1]] and the competition rules [[2]].
Poetry and Poetics Symposium
The second annual Poetry and Poetics Symposium was held on 11-12 April 2008 at the SA Writers' Centre. The symposium celebrated poetry's contribution to South Australia's vibrant literary culture. The Poetry and Poetics Centre will publish the papers and poems presented at this symposium in a book to be released later in 2008.
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Vibrant: Poems and symposium papers presented at the Poetry and Poetics Symposium, Adelaide, April 2007 emerged from the 2007 symposium. |
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More information about the 2007 and 2008 events are outlined on the Poetry and Poetics Symposium page.
Interviews and poems
The Poetry and Poetics Centre website hosts a range of interviews and featured poems.
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Interview with 2007 Max Harris Poetry Award winner: Jan Owen. |
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Read our interviews with exciting young poets Tim Sinclair and Amelia Walker. |
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Exclusive to the Poetry and Poetics Centre, some of the latest poems by Tim and Amelia are available through the Featured Poems page. |
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Also featured are poems by Robert J Bloomfield and Cameron Fuller.
Recent Australian Poetry Reviews and information about UniSA Creative Writing publications are available in the 'Book Reviews' section.
Wander through our links to meet the Website Authors and Our Members and learn more About the Poetry and Poetics Centre.
Contact us at: poetryandpoeticscentre@unisa.edu.au
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