Whitmore Prize and Poetry Idol Final

Hello me dears

I’ve been shortlisted for the Whitmore Prize. This is an award run in conjunction between Whitmore Press and Poetry Idol, and the final prize is publication of a chapbook of poems... so fingers crossed, I could have my first book published soon! I’m pretty excited :)

I’ve also been randomly selected along with three other shortlistees to read at the Poetry Idol final on the 5th of September at Melbourne Writers' Festival. The Whitmore Prize winner will be announced on the same night. I’d love it if you could come along to witness my triumph and/ or humiliation.

Here’s the full shortlist of poets:

Diane Fahey
Toby Fitch
Jessica Friedman
Lisa Jacobson
Jamie King-Holden
Kristen Lang
Jo Langdon
Earl Livings
Julie Maclean
Laura Smith

And the poets that the judges commended:

Petrina Barson
Javant Biarujia
Kevin Hartshorne
Stephen House
Sharon Kernot
Peter Mitchell
Ling Jun Toon

Hope to see you there!

Bestest

Laura