WHITMORE PRESS MANUSCRIPT PRIZE 2011 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED

From a very strong shortlist, we are pleased to announce joint winners of the Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize 2011.

• B. R. Dionysius, whose satirical, energetic sonnets turn the great Australian road trip into a compelling anti-romance
• Jo Langdon, whose poems retrieve disturbing, ephemeral intimacies and let them stand as epic metaphors of relationships

The works of these two poets differ markedly in style and content, but both make compelling cases for publication and are worthy joint winners of this year's award.
Congratulations to Brett and to Jo, whose collections will appear from Whitmore Press in the first half of 2012, and thanks to all poets who entered – there were many other excellent submissions that we know will find their way into print in the near future.

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Read the speech by David McCooey launching Porch Music at Geelong Gallery, 5th December 2010.

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