Winning entries

2011 Poetry Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘The loophole or how the sky ignores us’ by Maria Zajkowski, Victoria
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘And then when the’ by Dan Disney, Victoria
Commended ($2,500) ‘Please’ by Kristen Lang, Tasmania
Commended ($2,500) ‘Philosophy in a Ghosting Universe’ by Rhyll McMaster, New South Wales
Judges’ comments

2011 Literature Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘Tryst’ by Rachael S Morgan, Queensland - published in Griffith Review No 34 'The Annual Fiction Edition' http://griffithreview.com/next-edition/next-edition
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Forgetting’ by Maya Linden, Victoria - published in Griffith Review No 34 'The Annual Fiction Edition' http://griffithreview.com/next-edition/next-edition
Commended ($2,500) ‘Into the Deep’ by Sarah Klenbort, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘How to make custard’ by Campbell Mattinson, Victoria
Judges’ comments

2010 Poetry Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘endtime’ by Nathan Curnow, Victoria
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Always Sometimes Never’ by Andrew Slattery, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘One Broken Knife’ by Carmen Leigh Keates, Queensland
Commended ($2,500) ‘Dead Sea Psalms’ by Jill Pattinson, Victoria
Judges' comments

2010 Literature Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘The Geometry Lesson’ by Jewelene Barrile, Victoria
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Steeple Chase’ by Krissy Kneen, Queensland
Commended ($2,500) ‘The Early Hours of the Morning’ by Bronwyn Lea, Queensland
Commended ($2,500) ‘Ruined Girls’ by Felicity Plunkett, Queensland
Judges' comments

2009 Poetry Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘The Ministry of Going In’ by Christine Paice, New South Wales
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Red Tulips’ by Mark Tredinnick, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘Economy’ by Oliver Driscoll, Victoria
Commended ($2,500) ‘Wrotisserie’ by Nathan Shepherdson, Queensland
Judges' comments

2009 Literature Prize
First Prize ($10,000) ‘The Real Thing’ by Catherine Harris, Victoria
Second Prize ($5,000) ‘Next’ by Felicity Castagna, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘Clay’ by Erica Woolgar, New South Wales
Commended ($2,500) ‘Lucy’ by Hilary McDowell, New South Wales
Judges' comments