2024 Shortlist & Emerging Poet Prize Winners announced
| Poet (Z to A) | Poem |
|---|---|
| Michael Leach | Biogeography |
| Laura Koens | Binalup Dreaming |
| Alana Kelsall | eye pressure |
| Becky Houston | Open-mouthed |
| Oz Hardwick | Play It Again, Werner Heisenberg |
| Gayelene Carbis | Rich |
Judges: Rose Lucas, Ali Whitelock and Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
First and Second Prize Winners announced: 19 August 2024
First prize – $1,000
Second prize – $500
Poetry of Change to be launched by Anne M. Carson: Poetry Zoom, 21 November 2024
Register here
Congratulations to the six poets on the Shortlist
The 2024 Liquid Amber Poetry Prize invited poets to respond to the broad theme of ‘change’.
A massive shout out to the six poets with poems in the Shortlist. They demonstrate dazzling and moving poetic craft as they respond to different kinds of change – such as aging and the fabric of life events, the shifting territories of erotic encounter, grief, and changing neighbourhoods.
And to our Emerging Poet Winners
As a proud supporter of the wide range of voices within the poetry community, Liquid Amber Press are also delighted to celebrate our 2024 Emerging Poets, Becky Houston and Glen Hunting, who bravely use poetic forms to consider the challenges of moving to a new country and of seeking to shift entrenched personal patterns.
Emerging Poet Prize – Mentoring & Editing Pack with Rose Lucas and Ali Whitelock.
Poetry of Change – Pre-publication offer
All the poems in the Longlist will be published in this year’s anthology Poetry of Change: The Liquid Amber Prize Anthology (forthcoming 1 November, RRP $29.99). All poets in the anthology will receive a complimentary copy.
And there is currently a pre-publication offer. Order copies now for a 15% discount.
