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History
The Launceston Poetry Cup is hosted by the Tasmanian Poetry Festival.
Entry is open to all. Registry is on the night and entrants entertain the crowd for one minute with something they choose to call a poem.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2016
winner Nancy J. Corbett -
Year: 2010
winner Joe Dolce -
Year: 1992
winner One Dick Poem Too Many i "From behind a mike and the skirts of poetry", 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 126 1992; (p. 61) The Sad Anthropologist 1993; (p. 39)
Works About this Award
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A Slice of the 2008 Tasmanian Poetry Festival 2009 single work column
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , no. 38 2009; (p. 101-107) -
What Can I Say in Sixty Seconds? i "Well! I want to win the Cup", 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Fat Kitty : A Second Book of Poetry and Prose 1996; (p. 25-26) -
Silently Cutting Giraffes Down to Size 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Mercury , 6 October 1993; (p. 20) -
Foreword : Chance to be Independently Rich 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 14-15 October 1989; (p. 6) -
Launceston's Fifth Poetry Cup Runneth Over With Guernseys 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 14 October 1989; (p. 8)
