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The Tom Collins Poetry Prize 2024
The Fellowship of Australian Writers WA is pleased to announce that entries by the following poets have been longlisted in the 2024 Tom Collins Poetry Prize. Congratulations to all. We will announce our shortlisted entries soon. Winners to be announced by judge Lisa Collyer on May 25 at 4pm AWST.
The longlisted poets are:
Bron Bateman
Ross Belton
Coral Carter
Rosa Cass
Tim Edwards
Alan Fyfe
Jennifer Kornberger
Jaye Kranz
Tim Loveday
Shey Marque
Gideon McDonald
Peter Mitchell
Shoshanna Rockman
Ellen Shelley
Isi Unikowski
Elizabeth Walton
The Tom Collins Poetry Prize was inaugurated by the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA in 1975 to honour the contribution to Australian literature of Joseph Furphy (1843 – 1912), who wrote Such is Life under the nom de plume "Tom Collins".
First prize is $1,000, second is $300, and third is $100. Thankyou to all who entered. Submissions have now closed.
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