Anne Elder Award

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The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry. [1] It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner. [2] The award is named after Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976). [3]

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Note: the award is made for a particular year of publication, but presented in the following year.

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  2. 1 2 2005 National Literary Awards Results Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 2.
  3. ↑ Elder, Anne. "Elder, Anne Josephine Chloe (1918–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943.
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