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History
Sponsored by the British tobacco manufacturer, Rothmans, The Rothmans foundation was shut down in 1994 when tobacco advertising was banned. The foundation provided tens of millions of dollars over a 30 year period to sporting, cultural and academic bodies.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1991
winner Porpoise 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Burning Spear : Stories 1990; (p. 62-69) -
Year: 1988
joint winner Dressing the Chooks i "Christmas and Easter were the busy times.", 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 58-59) Imago , March vol. 1 no. 1 1989; (p. 32) Eros in Landscape 1989; (p. 6-8) School's Out : Learning to be a Writer in Queensland : An Anthology in Six Lessons 1998; (p. 27-28)joint winner Psyche's Circus i "There is a cafe where we three meet", 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 56-57) Poetry Australia , no. 121 1989; (p. 40-41)winner (Special Prize) Root Offerings i "your first introduction to this fellow", 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 63-66)winner (Special Prize) Barn-Yard Ball i "Priscilla Piglet in her party dress", 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 67-68)
Works About this Award
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Thoughts on Judging Literary Contests 1989 single work column
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 52-55) -
Shelf Life [4 February 1989] 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 4 February 1989; (p. 13) -
Foreword [20-21 August, 1988] 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 20-21 August 1988; (p. 15)