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Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize is open to citizens of Australia or New Zealand. The poems must be unpublished and have an environmental theme. 
 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner Anthropocene Poetics Part 1 i "My dog dies", Noemie Huttner-Koros , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 46-47) Rabbit , no. 31 2020; (p. 96-98)

Year: 2019

winner God Instructs His Angels to Burn the Notre Dame i "Remember that they razed the Standing Stones", Hailey Bonner , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 29 2020; (p. 92-93)

Year: 2017

joint winner Hamlet In The Mind Of A Country Schoolteacher i "These words were in Adam’s head when he woke up, but", Michael Farrell , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hope for Whole : Poets Speak up to Adani 2018; (p. 18-20)
joint winner Mark Miller for Journey, The South Coast
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