Results of the 2011 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets

Overland magazine and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2011 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Writers is Joel Ephraims for his poem ‘Rock Candy’.

The two runners-up are Sam Langer for ‘Clouds fall like snow on the sky’s clear rocks’ and Patrick Jones for ‘Step by step’, which will be published in the next edition of Overland.

Thanks to all poets who entered.

Read Judge Peter Minter’s full report.

The Prize will open again in later this year. Remember, the major prize is $6000, with two runner-up prizes of $1000. Stay tuned for more details.

Previous winners

K A Nelson (2010)
Derek Motion (2009)
Tim Wright (2008)
Georgina M Bailey (2007)

For more about Judith Wright’s contribution to Australian poetry and Australian life, check out Georgie Arnott’s review of Wright’s correspondence.

2011 Poetry Prize Entry Form | guidelines | 2008 results | 2009 results | 2010 results |

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