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Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Poetry Award (2015-2019)
Subcategory of Queensland Poetry Festival Awards
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History

Inaugurated in 2015, this award is named after one of Australia's premier art dealers, Philip Bacon, who has agreed to be the patron of Queensland's only ekphrastic prize. The award is presented during the Queensland Poetry Festival.

The award was later superseded by the QRAA Ekphrasis Challenge, in which poets respond specifically to artworks in the Queensland Regional Art Awards.

Sources:

https://queenslandpoetryfestival.com/awards/philip-bacon-ekphrasis-award/

https://www.qldpoetry.org/qraa-ekphrasis-challenge

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2019

joint winner Pelin i "Tequila and absinth, fire, fury and the green fay", Claire G. Coleman , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2019; Author's note: Inspired by ‘Primavera’ by James Gleeson
joint winner Afterlife i "I think of Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon.", Jane Frank , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2019; Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021; Author's note: Inspired by ‘The Oil Drums’ by Jeffery Smart
joint winner 12 Ways to Look at a Landscape i "the tunings, vibrations, oscillations of light thrumming at the pitch of green,", Damen O'Brien , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2019; Author's note: Inspired by ‘Passage of Light from the Sea at Numinbah’ by William Robinson

Year: 2018

winner The Art of Flying i "The sky had asked no questions", Philip Neilsen , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2018;

Year: 2017

winner Dael Allison

or Gethsemane, Bribie Island 1958

Year: 2016

winner The Dichotomy of the Paper Flower i "in the touch of reflected stillness", Gail Hennessy , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2016; Australian Poetry Anthology 2016; (p. 80) Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 147)

Year: 2015

inaugural winner The Wait i "Smear yourself into this country,", Rosanna Licari , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , December 2015;
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