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Jessica Wilkinson Jessica Wilkinson i(A117141 works by) (a.k.a. Jessica L. Wilkinson)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jessica Wilkinson's poetry and poetic criticism have appeared in several Australian and international books, newspapers and journals. She has performed two of her long poetic works with musician Simon Charles. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Melbourne.

Wilkinson received a Varuna Residency Fellowship in 2009 and in 2008 was studied under the Felix Meyer Scholarship for Creative Writing.
She has lectured at RMIT in Melbourne.

Wilkinson is the founder of Rabbit: A Journal for Nonfiction Poetry and has taught Creative Writing at RMIT University.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2023 shortlisted Red Room Poetry Fellowship
2022 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Individuals and groups (for Jessica Wilkinson & Cassandra Atherton) ($48,005)
2022 shortlisted Red Room Poetry Fellowship
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Awards for Works

Heating and Cooling in the Time of Isolation i "The elastic on my tracksuit pants has given way", 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 161 2021; (p. 10-11) Best of Australian Poems 2021 2021; (p. 94)
2020-2021 highly commended Gwen Harwood Memorial Poetry Prize
Serenade i "Wide open chords raise a blue night on the orange grove", 2017 single work
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 229 2017; (p. 25) Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2019 2018; (p. 43) The Weekend Australian , 20 March 2021; (p. 18)
2018 shortlisted Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
Firebird i "You cannot find it in a book—", 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Montreal International Poetry Prize : 2015 Longlist 2015;
2015 longlisted Montreal International Poetry Prize
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