Published 18 December 202418 December 2024 · Nakata Brophy Prize Dawning in the rivulet of my father’s mourning Yasmin Smith This poem was the winner of the 2024 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers. Yasmin Smith Yasmin Smith is a poet and editor of South Sea Islander, Kabi Kabi, Northern Cheyenne and English heritage. Her poems have appeared in Frankie, Meanjin, Island, Griffith Review, Overland, Australian Poetry Journal, Best of Australian Poetry and more. In 2024 she won the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers and the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, and received the First Nations Flagship Fellowship at Varuna. She is currently an editor at UQP working across fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and poetry where her work includes overseeing their groundbreaking First Nations Classics series. More by Yasmin Smith › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 13 September 2025 · Nakata Brophy Prize Announcing the results of the 2025 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Editorial team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its eleventh year, recognises the talent of […] 9 May 202522 July 2025 · Prizes The Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers (Fiction) Editorial team In 2025, first prize will be awarded to the best short story up to 3000 words by an Indigenous writer who is 35 years or younger at the closing date of the competition. A runner-up prize may also be awarded.
