​24th MPU INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION

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.

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

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

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

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