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John E.V. Birch Award for Creative Writing
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History

Sponsored by Fremantle Arts Review (1986-1996). Winning poems and short fiction were published in the magazine. 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1993

winner (Short Fiction Prize) Visitors Andrea Gawthorne , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1993 and January vol. 8 no. 9 1994; (p. 11-12) Jumping Out of Cars 2004; (p. 58-63)
winner (Poetry Prize) Memory Shell i "Ridged and peach-lipped, they rest indifferent", Lucy Dougan , 1994-1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1993 and January vol. 8 no. 9 1994; (p. 13) Memory Shell 1998; (p. 10)

Year: 1992

winner (Poetry Prize) Habitat i "Momentarily we would corner our eyes", John Mateer , 1993-1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December 1992 and vol. 8 no. 1 January vol. 7 no. 12 1993; (p. 13) Burning Swans 1994; (p. 55)

Year: 1991

winner (poetry) Carnarvon : A Trawler and Its Animal Crew i "Four hours off the boat", Anthony Lawrence , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Imago , April vol. 3 no. 1 1991; (p. 50-51) Fremantle Arts Review , December 1991 and vol. 6 no. 12 , January vol. 7 no. 1 1992; (p. 9) Three Days Out of Tidal Town 1992; (p. 20-21) New and Selected Poems 1998; (p. 42-43) Skinned by Light : Poems 1989 - 2002 2002; (p. 23-24) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
winner (Poetry Prize) Twenty-First Anniversary i "Last night I caught a mouse", Andrew Burke , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , August vol. 5 no. 8 1990; (p. 8) Mother Waits for Father Late 1992; (p. 41-43)
winner (short fiction) Celebration Victoria Hudson , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , September vol. 6 no. 9 1991; (p. 6-7)
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