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History
The Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award was presented for the first time in 2012. The prize invites Australian poets to respond with 12-line poems to artworks from the Nillumbik Visual Art Collection or exhibition program.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2018
winner (Open Prize) The Map Is Damaged and Beautiful 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik: Ekphrasis Anthology of Writing 2018 2018; (p. 26-27)winner (Local Prize) Bodies Are Always Made Of Light i "What must it feel like, to be flattened", 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik: Ekphrasis Anthology of Writing 2018 2018; (p. 28)winner (Youth Prize) Visage i "Things look different in the morning", 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik: Ekphrasis Anthology of Writing 2018 2018; (p. 29-30) -
Year: 2017
winner (Open) Trigger Warning i "If water ran from one bowl to the next, you might call it a transaction", 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2017 2017; (p. 21)winner (Local Prize) The Weeping Forest i "a forest without birds,", 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2017 2017; (p. 23)winner (Youth Prize) Untitled i "Wax melted and puddled underfoot", 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2017 2017; (p. 24-25) -
Year: 2016
winner Flower of Distant Season i "did you reflect on the possibility", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2016 2016; (p. 24) Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 78)winner (Local Category) Two Hands Touching : The Gift i "For hours he carved squatting by the fire", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2016 2016; (p. 25) Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 120)winner (Youth Prize) Bones Hidden i "So is the human spirit", 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2016 2016; (p. 26) -
Year: 2014
winner Lost Sea Voices i "I have unreeled sentences from my spine's spool", 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2014 2014; (p. 12) Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 237) -
Year: 2013
winner Sea-Steps 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 2014; (p. 142)
