Melbourne Poets Union
  • Home
    • Open Letter to the Arts Minister
  • About MPU
    • AGM
    • Current Committee
    • History
    • MPU Trust Fund
    • MPU 40th Birthday Celebration
    • Contact
  • Events and Projects
    • Opps and Comps
    • Upcoming Events (2019)
    • Workshops
    • Recent Events (2018)
    • Past Events 2016
    • MPU Guest Blog
    • MPU International Poetry Competition >
      • 2018 International Poetry Competition
      • 2017 MPU International Poetry Competition
      • 2016 International Poetry Prize
  • Publishing
    • MPU Indigenous Policy
    • 'Poam' Newsletter
    • Current Chapbook Titles >
      • Henry Briffa
      • Elizabeth Beaton
      • Bronwyn Blaiklock
      • Katherine E. Seppings
      • Alana Kelsall
      • Chrsitina Spry
      • Joan Katherine Webster OAM
    • Past Publications
    • Submission Guidelines
  • Multimedia
  • Membership
    • Join the MPU
    • MPU Member Bios >
      • MPU Members A-F
      • MPU Members G-L
      • MPU Members M-R
      • MPU Members S--Z
  • Hire a poet
  • Poetry News & Links

2018 MPU
International Poetry Competition


​24th MPU INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

Picture


And the winners, as judged by
​our 2018 judge Joel Deane, are...


​First prize – Leon Shann Award
Awarded to Brett Dionysius (Qld)
“My Father on a Horse, Date Unknown”
*Click HERE to read Brett's poem*


Second Prize
Ross Gillett (VIC)
“Paling Fence”
​
*​Click HERE to read Ross' poem*

Third prize
Philip Neilson (Qld)
“Genetics"


Martin Downey Urban Realist Award
Rob Wallis (VIC)
"The Hours Alone"
*​Click HERE to read Rob's poem*


Highly Commended
Dean Gessie (Canada) “historylesson[sic]”
Gayelene Carbis, (VIC) The Dead Sea
Ross Gillett, (VIC) “Ascending from the Wreck”

Commended
Damen O’Brien, (Qld) “Windward”
Roger Higgins, (SA) “Facing the Sky”
Andy Jackson, (VIC) “Aesthetic surgery”
Cathy Altmann, (VIC) “Crochet & Crying”
Rhonda Poholke (VIC) “Drought Lines”
Brett Dionysius (Qld) “26th January -6th February 1788” 


Thanks to Loran Steinberg for the outstanding poster design. And of course, thanks to our sponsors: Black Pepper Publishing, Black Inc Books, Snap Printing Heidelberg, The Paperback Bookshop and Wendy Fleming.


*Click HERE to read Joel Deane's judge’s report.*


Picture

2018 IPC Awards Photo Gallery #1 - by Brendan Bonsack
​(thanks Brendan!)

2018 IPC Awards Photo Gallery #2 - by Di Cousens (Thanks Di!)


Picture

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
    • Open Letter to the Arts Minister
  • About MPU
    • AGM
    • Current Committee
    • History
    • MPU Trust Fund
    • MPU 40th Birthday Celebration
    • Contact
  • Events and Projects
    • Opps and Comps
    • Upcoming Events (2019)
    • Workshops
    • Recent Events (2018)
    • Past Events 2016
    • MPU Guest Blog
    • MPU International Poetry Competition >
      • 2018 International Poetry Competition
      • 2017 MPU International Poetry Competition
      • 2016 International Poetry Prize
  • Publishing
    • MPU Indigenous Policy
    • 'Poam' Newsletter
    • Current Chapbook Titles >
      • Henry Briffa
      • Elizabeth Beaton
      • Bronwyn Blaiklock
      • Katherine E. Seppings
      • Alana Kelsall
      • Chrsitina Spry
      • Joan Katherine Webster OAM
    • Past Publications
    • Submission Guidelines
  • Multimedia
  • Membership
    • Join the MPU
    • MPU Member Bios >
      • MPU Members A-F
      • MPU Members G-L
      • MPU Members M-R
      • MPU Members S--Z
  • Hire a poet
  • Poetry News & Links