Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems
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The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems is an annual award for a cycle or sequence of poems with a common link or theme. It is named after Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, who died in 1990. The award was first made in 2009.
The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems is funded by a bequest from the Jocelyn Grattan Charitable Trust.[1]
Jocelyn Grattan was the daughter of Kathleen Grattan, an Auckland poet, journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly. When Jocelyn Grattan died in 2005, she left Landfall a bequest with which to establish an award in her mother’s name (the Kathleen Grattan Award).[2][3] She also wanted her mother’s love of poetry to be recognised by an annual competition for a sequence or cycle of poems. This competition is run by the International Writers‘ Workshop NZ Inc (IWW).[1]
The inaugural award was made in 2009 and the award is made every year.
Eligibility and conditions
- The award is open to members of International Writers’ Workshop (IWW).
- Entrants should be normally living in New Zealand and must not have won the Prize in the previous three years.
- The entry should be a cycle or sequence of poems with a common link or theme, but with no limit on length.
- Poems must be the entrant’s original and completely unpublished work.
- The winner receives a monetary prize (at present $1,000) and a certificate.[1]
List of winners
- 2009: Alice Hooton (America)
- 2010: Janet Charman (Mother won’t come to us); Rosetta Allan (Capricious Memory)
- 2011: Jillian Sullivan (how to live it)
- 2012: James Norcliffe (What do you call your male parent?)[4]
- 2013: Belinda Diepenheim (Bittercress and Flax)[5]
- 2014: Julie Ryan (On Visiting Old Ladies)
- 2015: Maris O'Rourke (Motherings);[6] Highly Commended — Sue Wootton (Typewriter Songs)[7]
- 2016: Michael Giacon (Argento in no man land)[8]
- 2017: Janet Newman (Tender);[9][10][11] Runner-up — Anne Hollier Ruddy (Ambushed by Gauguin)[12]
- 2018: Heather Bauchop (The Life in Small Deaths);[13] Runner-up — Gillian Roach (She’s over there, love)[14]
- 2019: Siobhan Harvey (Ghosts);[15] Runner-up – Gillian Roach (Mute as Bottles)[16]
- 2020: Liz Breslin (In bed with the feminists); Runner-up – Sophia Wilson (Attempting to Land)[17]
- 2021: Robyn Maree Pickens (Juniper); Runners-up – Kerrin Sharpe (Te hau o te atua/The breath of heaven) and Marie McGuigan (The Goose Wing)[18]
- 2022: Margaret Moores; Runner-up – Lincoln Jacques[19]
- 2023: Caroline Masters; Runner-up – Sarah Scott[20]