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Tom Collins Poetry Prize
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition inaugurated by FAWWA in 1975 in memory of Australian author Joseph Furphy (1843 - 1912) who wrote under the name Tom Collins.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2021

winner Kevin Gillam for 'from here'.

Year: 2020

winner Maddie Godfrey for 'Unmade'.

Year: 2019

winner Michael Greenacre for 'Missing Pieces'.

Year: 2018

winner Chris Konrad for 'Busted Piano Man'.

Year: 2017

winner Andy Kissane For 'Rock the Baby'.
winner August Burns the Sky like Rubber i "A fist of dough, sunlight fallen", Mindy Gill , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 191-193)
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