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History
This award superseded the Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award: in the QRAA Ekphrasis Challenge, poets respond specifically to artworks in the Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Winners are selected in nine categories, one per artwork.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2022
Judged by: Marjon Mossammaparastwinner Donna Best for 'The Traveller Through Spacetime Wishes Tomorrow', after 'Wish You Were Here 1' by Kellie O'Dempsey.winner Brent Cantwell for 'Sunday Morning in Mariupol' after 'Sunday Morning - Ukraine' by Jan Strudwick.winner Isabella G. Mead for 'Light on Water (Sound On)', after 'The Swimming Lesson' by Jule Polkinghorne.winner Damien Becker for 'Minor Strings', after 'I Know How You Must Feeel, Brad', by Alexandra Baxter. -
Year: 2021
winner Roger Callen for 'I Only Know Her by Her Painting', after 'Whit erock - Elemental' by Cynthia Copley.winner Judy Durrant for 'To the Citizens of Paradise', after 'To the Citizens of Paradise' by Bianca Tainsh. -
Year: 2020
winner Helen Avery for 'Seagull Woman' (in response to 'Seagull And Crane – A Traditional Lardil Story From Mornington Island by Joelene Roughsey, 2020')winner Jocelyn Deane for 'Blue in Nature' (in response to Outback, A Sense Of Place by Katrina Goldsworthy, 2019)winner Esther Ottaway for 'Sensory Processing Disorder' (in response to I Seem More Aware Of Subtleties In My Space by Melissa Spratt, 2020)