Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress Grace Leven' and for the publication of his own work".[1] Grace was his mother's half-sister.[2]
The award is made to "the best volume of poetry published in the preceding twelve months by a writer either Australian-born, or naturalised in Australia and resident in Australia for not less than ten years".[2] It offers only a small monetary prize, but is highly regarded by poets.[3] It was first awarded in 1947,[4] with the recipient being Nan McDonald's Pacific Sea. In 2012 the prize was awarded for the final time.[5]
Award winners[edit]
2010s[edit]
- Rawshock by Toby Fitch
- Autoethnographic by Michael Brennan
- The Collected Blue Hills by Laurie Duggan
- Jaguar's Dream by John Kinsella
- Another Fine Morning in Paradise by Michael Sharkey
- Phantom Limb by David Musgrave
- Patience, Mutiny by LK Holt
- The Simplified World by Petra White
2000s[edit]
- 2009: Not awarded[6]
- 2008: The Australian Popular Songbook by Alan Wearne
- 2007: The Goldfinches of Baghdad by Robert Adamson[7]
- 2006: The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003 by Alan Gould[7]
- 2005: Next to Nothing by Noel Rowe[7]
- 2004: Totem by Luke Davies[8]
- 2003: Lost in the Foreground by Stephen Edgar[8]
- 2002: Versary by Kate Lilley[8]
- 2001: Darker and Lighter by Geoff Page[9]
- 2000: Not awarded[9]
1990s[edit]
- 1999: Not awarded[10]
- 1998: Not awarded[10]
- 1997: Collected Poems by Geoffrey Lehmann[10]
- 1996: The Undertow: New and Selected Poems by John Kinsella
- 1995: Joint winners[10]
- New and Selected Poems by Kevin Hart[11]
- Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972–1994 by Rhyll McMaster
- Path of Ghosts: poems 1986–93 by Jemal Sharah[12]
- Empire of Grass by Gary Catalano
- Peniel by Kevin Hart[11]
- 1991: Dog Fox Field by Les Murray[13]
- 1990: Not awarded[13]
1980s[edit]
- 1989: A Tremendous World in Her Head by Dorothy Hewett[14]
- 1988: Under Berlin by John Tranter[15]
- 1987: Occasions of Birds and Other Poems by Elizabeth Riddell[16]
- 1986: Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs by Rhyll McMaster[17]
- 1985: Joint winners[18]
- Selected Poems 1963–1983 by Robert Gray
- The Amorous Cannibal by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 1984: The Three Fates and Other Poems by Rosemary Dobson[19]
- 1983: Collected Poems by Peter Porter[20]
- 1982: Tide Country by Vivian Smith[21]
- 1981: Nero's Poems: Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero by Geoffrey Lehmann[22]
- 1980: The Boys Who Stole the Funeral by Les Murray[23]
1970s[edit]
- 1979: The Man in the Honeysuckle by David Campbell[24]
- 1978: Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954–1978 by Bruce Dawe[25]
- 1977: Selected Poems by Robert Adamson[26]
- 1976: Selected Poems 1939–1975 by John Blight[27]
- 1975: Selected Poems (1975) by Gwen Harwood[28]
- 1974: Neighbours in a Thicket: Poems by David Malouf[29]
- 1973: A Soapbox Omnibus by Rodney Hall[30]
- 1972: Head-Waters by Peter Skrzynecki[31]
- 1971: Joint winners
- Collected Poems, 1942–1970 by Judith Wright[32]
- Collected Poems 1936–1970 by James McAuley[33]
1960s[edit]
- 1969: A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow[35]
- 1968: Selected Poems 1942–1968 by David Campbell[36]
- 1967: Collected Poems 1936–1967 by Douglas Stewart[37]
- 1966: The Talking Clothes: Poems by William Hart-Smith[38]
- 1965: The Ilex Tree by Les Murray and Geoffrey Lehmann[39]
- 1964: All the Room by David Rowbotham[40]
- 1963: The North-Bound Rider by Ian Mudie[41]
- 1962: Southmost Twelve by R. D. Fitzgerald[42]
- 1961: Time on Fire by Thomas Shapcott[43]
- 1960: Man in a Landscape by Colin Thiele[44]
1950s[edit]
- 1959: The Wind at Your Door by R. D. Fitzgerald[45]
- 1958: Antipodes in Shoes by Geoffrey Dutton[46]
- 1957: Elegiac and Other Poems by Leonard Mann[47]
- 1956: A Vision of Ceremony by James McAuley[48]
- 1955: The Wandering Islands by A. D. Hope[49]
- 1954: Thirty Poems by John Thompson[50]
- 1953: Tumult of the Swans by Roland Robinson[51]
- 1952: Between Two Tides by R. D. Fitzgerald[52]
- 1951: The Great South Land: An Epic Poem by Rex Ingamells[53]
- 1950: No award[54]
1940s[edit]
- 1949: Woman to Man by Judith Wright[55]
- 1948: A Drum for Ben Boyd by Francis Webb[56]
- 1947: Pacific Sea by Nan McDonald[57]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Bonnin (1979)
- ^ a b Wilde et al (1994) p. 325
- ^ AusLit News April–May 2007
- ^ Munro & Sheahan-Bright (2006) p. 142
- ^ "Toby Fitch's Rawshock wins Grace Leven Poetry Prize". Puncher & Wattmann. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2008-2012". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2005-2007". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1994-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1995-2001". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ a b Kevin Hart on AustLit database
- ^ Jemal Sharah on Austlit database
- ^ a b c d "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 1991-93". Austlit. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Dorothy Hewett on the Austlit database
- ^ "Austlit — Under Berlin by John Tranter". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Elizabeth Riddell on the Austlit database
- ^ Rhyll McMaster on the Austlit database
- ^ "Austlit — Grave Leven prize 1985". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Poetry Prize for Rosemary Dobson", Canberra Times, 30 October 1985, p29
- ^ "Austlit — Collected Poems by Peter Porter". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Tide Country by Vivian Smith". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Nero's Poems: Translations of the Public and Private Poems of the Emperor Nero by Geoffrey Lehmann". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Boys Who Stole the Funeral by Les Murray". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — The Man in the Honeysuckle by David Campbell". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954–1978 by Bruce Dawe". Austlit. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Robert Adamson on the Austlit database
- ^ Austlit – Selected Poems 1939–1975 by John Blight
- ^ Austlit – Selected Poems by Gwen Harwood
- ^ Austlit – Neighbours in a Thicket : Poems by David Malouf
- ^ Austlit – A Soapbox Omnibus by Rodney Hall
- ^ Austlit – Head-Waters by Peter Skrzynecki
- ^ Austlit – Collected Poems, 1942–1970 by Judith Wright
- ^ Austlit – Collected Poems 1936–1970 by James McAuley
- ^ Austlit – Letters to Live Poets by Bruce Beaver
- ^ Austlit – A Counterfeit Silence: Selected Poems by Randolph Stow
- ^ Austlit – Selected Poems 1942–1968 by David Campbell
- ^ Austlit – Collected Poems 1936–1967 by Douglas Stewart
- ^ Austlit – The Talking Clothes : Poems by William Hart-Smith
- ^ Austlit – The Ilex Tree by Geoffrey Lehmann and Les Murray
- ^ Austlit – All the Room by David Robotham
- ^ Austlit – The North-Bound Rider by Ian Mudie
- ^ Austlit – Southmost Twelve by R. D. Fitzgerald
- ^ "Reading by Ipswich Poet" The Canberra Times, 7 June 1968, p14
- ^ Austlit – Man in a Landscape by Colin Thiele
- ^ Austlit – The Wind at Your Door by R. D. Fitzgerald
- ^ Austlit – Antipodes in Shoes by Geoffrey Dutton
- ^ Austlit – Elegiac and Other Poems by Leonard Mann
- ^ "Austlit — A Vision of Ceremony by James McAuley". Austlit. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Austlit – The Wandering Islands by A.D. Hope
- ^ Austlit – Thirty Poems by John Thompson
- ^ Austlit – Tumult of the Swans by Roland Robinson
- ^ "Austlit — Between Two Tides by R. D. Fitzgerald". Austlit. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Austlit – The Great South Land by Rex Ingamells
- ^ "Austlit — Grave Leven Poetry Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Austlit – Woman to Man by Judith Wright
- ^ Austlit – A Drum for Ben Boyd by Francis Webb
- ^ "Strength and Sunshine" The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1948, p6
References[edit]
- AusLit News April–May 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2007
- Bonnin, Nancy (1979) "Baylebridge, William (1883–1942)", Australian Dictionary of Biography
- "Les Murray Author Page". Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
- Munro, Craig & Sheahan-Bright, Robyn (2006). Paper Empires: A History of the Book in Australia 1946–2005. St Lucia, University of Queensland Press
- "RDFitzGerald". Retrieved 16 July 2007.
- Wilde, W., Hooton, J. & Andrews, B (1994) The Oxford Companion of Australian Literature 2nd ed. South Melbourne, Oxford University Press
- Wyndham, Susan (30 March 2007). "'Poetic Grace' 30 March 2007". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2007.