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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... no. 167 2023 of Island est. 1990- Island
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'In this first issue of Island for 2023, we’re proud to include all the shortlisted entries from the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all the poets and our hardworking judges! Jane Rawson joins our team as Fiction Editor for 2023, and we’re delighted to have her on board. In this issue, two young Tasmanian writers are inspired by the ‘Island Conversations’ project, curated by Danielle Wood, which connects emerging Tasmanian writers with works from Island’s extensive archive. One of these new pieces responds to a poem by Les Murray that appeared in Island in 1981. Such are the riches in our back catalogue! This issue also presents the second work in Island’s graphic narratives series, curated by Joshua Santospirito, and our usual complement of excellent new essays and stories.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:

    Infinite Regress : Robert O'Connor and Tricky Walsh

Contents

* Contents derived from the 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, single work essay

'The judging committee for this year’s Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize comprised Jill Jones, Shastra Deo and myself, Kate Middleton. The process we followed to determine this year’s shortlisted poems, commendation, runners-up and winner took place over many weeks. At the first stage, each of us read the full range of poems submitted to the prize and created our own longlists which we circulated to the other judges. With these longlists combined, we focused on the 25 poems that had struck us as sharing qualities of impressive craft and the ability to surprise. We also were interested in the range of work a poem can do, from narrative propulsion or linguistic metamorphosis to lyric meditation, as well as the forms it can take. In discussing the longlisted poems, we created a shortlist of ten poems (included in this issue). Here we both prized the quality of individual poems as well as the way a shortlist can showcase a real variety of poetries being written in Australia today. We noted with real pleasure the range of work we had to choose from, and the high quality of the poems entered into this year’s prize.' (Introduction)

(p. 3)
Day 210i"We meet because someone told us to.", Brigid Coleridge , single work poetry
Author's note: 'Russia-Ukraine War Latest : What We Know On Day 210 Of 'The Invasion' The Guardian, 21 September 2022
(p. 4-5)
Improbable Acts of Proximityi"To imagine the dead are running", Shey Marque , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Shedloadi"I shove the shed door open. That smell:", Chris Andrews , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Rhyming Poemi"Not all poems rhyme.", Caroline Reid , single work poetry (p. 10)
For Exodusi"Sally drives me to Twin Lakes. Lends me an old electric-blue one-piece.", Zenobia Frost , single work poetry (p. 11)
Bonsai Road Tripi"Thing was, did she want to be spending", Chris Andrews , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
All Day Ships and Horsesi"All day ships and horses run northward in the sky. Grey cranes appear", Glenn Mcpherson , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Human Bodyi"The river outgrows its bank like a child her shoes: incremental", Isabella G. Mead , single work poetry (p. 16)
Night Notesi"When C. is born, I use my Notes app to tap out loosely twined drafts. A", Isabella G. Mead , single work poetry (p. 17)
Currawongi"For months, there had been dust storms and disappointment", Jo Gardiner , single work poetry (p. 18)
Trick of the Light, Elizabeth Bourke , single work essay (p. 26-31)
The Body Moves as the Body Is Able, Bethany Lalor , single work short story (p. 32-35)
Naked Under Leather, Lucy Robin , single work essay (p. 36-41)
Urechis Caupo, Sam Elkin , single work short story (p. 42-45)
Featherweight, Joel Keith , single work (p. 46-50)
Space Monkey, Jennifer Kremmer , single work short story (p. 52-57)
The Perfect Person, Leonie Brialey , single work prose (p. 58-65)
Alien Language, Beau Windon , single work essay (p. 66-73)
One Week Out, Molly , single work short story (p. 74-75)

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