Thank you to all the poets who took the time to compose and send in poems to the 2018 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize – we received 154 entries. The content of the poems was beautifully varied: some were engaging, some funny, some sad, delicate, considerate, angry, political, emotive…
A huge thank you to Jessica Wilkinson + Stuart Cooke for judging the Prize, and to Jessica for coming along to Sunday’s Words in Winter event where the winners were announced.
Without further ado, this year’s winners are:
Winner
Shari Kocher – Ode to Earth
Runners up
Michael Farrell – Nature is a Misreading
JP Quinton – The Dingo Poem
Honourable mentions
Connor Weightman – Plastic Free July
Dennis Garvey – Three Teared Wedding Cake
Thank you to Juanita Broderick for taking these photos from the Prize presentation and sharing them with us:
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