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History
The Australian Bush Laureate Awards were instigated in 1995 to recognise excellence in published and recorded Australian bush poetry.
Source: http://www.bushlaureate.com.au/ Sighted: 29/11/2013.
Subcategories
Latest Winners / Recipients (also see subcategories)v1246
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Year: 2013
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Year: 2012
winner (Collected Verse Book of the Year) y
Award Winning Bush & Verse Stories 2012
Max Merckenschlager
(editor),
Jacqui Merckenschlager
(editor),
Melbourne
:
Melbourne Books
,
2012
6483523
2012
anthology
poetry
short story
'AWBV is the first nationally distributed anthology wholly dedicated to competition winners taking inspiration from the Australian bush and way of life. Bush writing is a quintessentially Australian genre, and many of our literary greats, including Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, are considered masters of the form.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 2011
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Year: 2010
winner (Single Recorded Performance of the Year) The Anzac on the Wall i "Loitering in a country town 'cos I had time to spare;", 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse 2002; (p. 333)winner (Bush Poem of the Year) Brolga Dreaming i "An urban Aboriginal who's never seen the bush;", 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bronze Swagman Award : Celebrating 40 Years of Bush Verse 1972-2011 2011; (p. 132-133) -
Year: 2009
winner Bush Poem of the Year The Power of Kokoda i "I'll never know the sickening sound a fifteen-pounder makes", 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2008 : The Best Winning Writing from Short Story and Bush Poetry Competitions Nationally 2008; (p. 252-258)
