Mary Gilmore Prize

The Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poetry is given to a first book of poetry published in Australia in the previous year. From 1998 to 2016, it was awarded every two years; prior to 1998 it was awarded annually.[1] It is conducted by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and named in honour of the Australian writer and journalist Dame Mary Gilmore.

Winners by year
  • 2021: Em König Breathing Plural (Cordite Books)
  • 2020: Thom Sullivan Carte Blanche (Vagabond Press)
  • 2019: Marjan Mossammaparast That Sight (Cordite Books)
  • 2018: Quinn Eades Rallying[2] (UWA Publishing)
  • 2017: Aden Rolfe False Nostalgia[3] (Giramondo Publishing)
  • 2016: Benedict Andrews Lens Flare (Pitt Street Poetry)
  • 2014: Rose Lucas Even in the Dark[4] (UWA Publishing)
  • 2012: Fiona Wright Knuckled[5] (Giramondo Publishing)
  • 2010: Joanna Preston The Summer King (Otago University Press)
  • 2008: Nathan Shepherdson Sweeping the Light Back Into the Mirror (University of Queensland Press)
  • 2006: David McCooey Blister Pack (Salt Publishing)
  • 2004: Michael Brennan Imageless World (Salt Publishing)
  • 2002: Geraldine McKenzie Duty (Paper Bark Press)
  • 2000: Lucy Dougan Memory Shell (Five Islands Press)
  • 1998: Emma Lew The Wild Reply (Black Pepper Publishing)
  • 1997: Morgan Yasbincek Night Reversing (Fremantle Press)
  • 1996: Jordie Albiston Nervous Arcs (Spinifex Press)
  • 1995: Aileen Kelly Coming Up for Light (Pariah Press)
  • 1994: Deborah Staines Now, Millennium (Spinifex Press)
  • 1993: Jill Jones The Mask and Jagged Star (Hazard Press)
  • 1992: Alison Croggon This is the Stone (Penguin Books)
  • 1991: Jean Kent Verandahs (Hale & Iremonger)
  • 1990: Kristopher Rassemussen In the Name of the Father (False Frontiers)
  • 1989: Alex Skovron The Re-arrangement (Melbourne University Press)
  • 1988: Judith Beveridge The Domesticity of Giraffes (Black Lightning Press)
  • 1987: Jan Owen Boy with Telescope (Angus & Robertson)
  • 1986: Stephen J. Williams A Crowd of Voices (Pariah Press)
  • 1985: Doris Brett The Truth about Unicorns (Jacaranda Press)

See also

References
  1. "Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) - Awards | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Eades wins 2018 Mary Gilmore Award | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. "Aden Rolfe wins the 2017 Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
  4. "11 July 2014 : Week in Review", Sydney Review of Books
  5. "Fiona Wright wins the Dame Mary Gilmore Award", Giramondo Publishing
  • List of awards given by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature
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