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Meanjin Papers War Poem Prize
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

Sponsored by Meanjin Papers, the winner was awarded half a guinea and the poem published in the journal. 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1942

winner (Summer) The Patriot i "Perhaps alone he understood", John Blight , 1942 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Summer vol. 1 no. 11 1942; (p. 4)
winner (Christmas) To a Man with Wings i "Watching the harvest hawks, the effortless glide,", Norma L. Davis , 1942 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Meanjin Papers , Christmas vol. 1 no. 12 1942; (p. 7)
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