Wesley Michel Wright Prize

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The Wesley Michel Wright Prize is an Australian poetry prize named in honour of Wesley Michel Wright in recognition of his bequest to the University of Melbourne. It is awarded annually.

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History

Wesley Michel Wright graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1951. In his will he left a bequest to the university. [1] [2] Wright died in 1963 [3] and the award was subsequently inaugurated. The first known recipient was Leon Slade in 1962. [4] John Tranter, Judy Johnson and Sarah Day have won twice. [4] As of 2023, the prize is valued at A$4,300. [5]

Entry conditions

Entry is open to Australian citizens for a poem or poetry collection published in the previous twelve months. Poems to be from 50 to 500 lines long. [2]

Winners

This list is drawn from the AustLit database: [4]

YearWinner(s)Notes
1982Leon Slade
1983Alex Skovron [6]
1984— (no award)
1985John Scott
Frank Kellaway
1986 Philip Hodgins
1987 Diane Fahey
1988 Laurie Duggan
1989David Herkt
John Tranter
1990 Ken Bolton
1991 Jordie Albiston
Jan Owen
1992 Peter Boyle
1993 John Tranter
1994 Dimitris Tsaloumas
1995 Bruce Beaver
1996 Thomas Shapcott
1997 Judith Beveridge
1998 Jean Kent
1999Margaret Bradstock
2000Judy Johnson
2001 Bronwyn Lea
2002 Martin Harrison
2003 Chris Andrews
2004 Sarah Day
2005— (no award)
2006— (no award)
2007— (no award)
2008 Caroline Caddy [7]
2009 Emily Ballou [8]
2010— (no award)
2011Rosanna Licari [9]
2012A. Frances Johnson
2013Judy Johnson [10]
2014 Sarah Day [11]
2015— (no award)
2016— (no award)
2017Susan Fealy [12]
2018 John Kinsella [13]
2019Kevin Brophy [14]
2020 Zenobia Frost
2021 Jill Jones [15]
2022 Lisa Gorton
2023 Stuart Barnes [5]

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