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History
'Named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript is committed to encouraging emerging Queensland poets. Now in its 17th year, this prestigious prize for an unpublished poetry manuscript comes with total prize money of $2,000 and a publishing contract. This prize is funded by Arts Queensland and supported by (University of Queensland Press) UQP.' (https://queenslandpoetryfestival.com/awards/thomas-shapcott-poetry-prize/)
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Administered by The Queensland Poetry Festival this prize is for an unpublished manuscript by an emerging Queensland poet. The winner receives $3000, plus a publishing contract with the University of Queensland Press.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
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Year: 2020
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Year: 2019
winner y Cadaver Dog St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2020 19702860 2020 single work novel'When an inland tsunami floods the foothills of a mountain city, a woman survives the inundation of her home, alone. This edgy, potent verse novel circles the scene like the cadaver dog whose work it is to search for those who are missing. Reimagining traditions of bush gothic and outback horror, Luke Best crafts a terrifying and acute psychological portrait of grief and guilt. Loss, cowardice and trauma pulse through this singular and uncompromising narrative of ecological and personal disaster.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2018
winner Anna Jacobson -
Year: 2017
winner y Milk Teeth St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2018 14069138 2018 selected work poetry'In the bright mirror morning, I scratch
at flaked skin & peel lengths
of stringy flesh to expose
crackle quartz jutting from my neck.'In this highly original debut collection, Rae White’s edgy and playful poems challenge notions of category, identity, form and gender. Bodies transform, nature morphs and words dart and shift. White’s wise and provocative poems define new ways, new languages.' (Publication summary)
Works About this Award
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For Better or Verse 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 May 2014; (p. 45) 'They say there's no money in poetry, which is true - unless you have to win two of Queensland major poetry prizes...' -
Bribie's Bright Muse 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 October 2004; (p. 15)