The Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize 2011 Announced [17.10.2011]
The winning entries came from Queensland and Victoria. Those submitting sent up to 150 lines of sample poetry from a proposed manuscript. The prize for each of the winning poets is publication by Whitmore Press of a limited edition chapbook of their work. The judges were Amanda Frances Johnson and Anthony Lynch.
The shortlist was very strong and the joint winners of the Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize 2011 are:
B. R. Dionysius, whose satirical, energetic sonnets turn the great Australian road trip into a compelling anti-romance;
and
Jo Langdon, whose poems retrieve disturbing, ephemeral intimacies and let them stand as epic metaphors of relationships.
Congratulations to the winners, whose collections will appear from Whitmore Press in the first half of 2012.
Our thanks again to all poets who entered – there were many other excellent submissions that we know will find their way into print in the near future.
Launch details for the books will be posted on the Whitmore Press website at www.whitmorepress.com in early 2012.
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