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History
The University of Melbourne John Masefield Prize is held biannually. This prize, worth approximately $110, is awarded for the best original poem in English of not more than 50 lines, on a subject prescribed by the Academic Board.
(https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/john-masefield-prize#:~:targetText=John%20Masefield%20Prize,next%20be%20awarded%20in%202020.)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2010
winner Dream Rooms i "For people with broken brains", 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Voice , 10 January - 13 February vol. 7 no. 1 2011; (p. 7) -
Year: 1999
winner Belinda J. Rule -
Year: 1932
winner Gallipoli i "What is this thing you would do?", 1933 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: One-Way Street : and other poems 1934; (p. 11-33) Adventures of a Wanderer 1986;
