05 February 2009

The Kathleen Grattan Award for original collection of poems or a long poem

Just read in my New Zealand Society of Authors email newsletter about this interesting new(ish) award that may interest fellow poets:

Auckland poet Kathleen Grattan, a journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, died in 1990. A member of the Titirangi Poets, her work was published in Landfall and other volumes including Premier Poets, a collection from the World Poetry Society. Her daughter Jocelyn Grattan, who also worked for the New Zealand Woman's Weekly, shared her mother's love of literature. She has generously left Landfall a bequest with which to establish an award in memory of Kathleen Grattan.

About the Competition

The award is for an original collection of poems or a long poem by a New Zealand or Pacific resident or citizen. Entries will be accepted from 1 May each year. The closing date will be 31 July each year and the winner will be announced in the November issue of Landfall. The announcement will be made in the November issue of Landfall. The winner will receive $16,000 and a year's subscription to Landfall.

For full details visit http://www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall/grattanaward.html

1 comment:

Helen Rickerby said...

I should note that this isn't the first year of this award - I realised that this must be the award Joanna Preston won last year with her manuscript (and soon to be collection) 'The Summer King'.