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2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize shortlist 

Our thanks to everyone who entered and supported the 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. This year's judges were Island's poetry editor, Kate Middleton, Esther Ottaway and Eileen Chong. We received close to 500 entries. Each judge read all submissions 'blind', and came to a collective shortlist of ten poems. The shortlisted poets/poems are …

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Team Changes

After leading Island's editorial team for over seven years, Vern Field will be changing her role from Managing Editor to Online Editor …

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Funding announcement

We are pleased to announce that Island has secured multi-year organisational funding from Arts Tasmania. We thank the Tasmanian Government for its support.

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Announcing the 2023 Nonfiction Prize shortlist

We were once again overwhelmed by the quality of both writing and ideas we've seen in the Island Nonfiction Prize. This year's shortlist reflects the many different ways Australians are writing, with mixed media, fragments, academia and poetics all featuring …

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And the winners are...  

We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2023 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize are:

Winner
Brigid Coleridge for 'Day 210'

Runners-up
Chris Andrews for 'Shedload'
Shey Marque for 'Improbable Acts of Proximity'

Highly Commended
Caroline Reid for 'Rhyming Poem'

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The 2023 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize Shortlist 

This year's judges were Island's poetry editor, Kate Middleton, Jill Jones and Shastra Deo. Each judge read all submissions 'blind', and after much discussion, came to a collective shortlist of ten poems.

The shortlisted poets/poems are …

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Meet Island's new Fiction Editor
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Meet Island's new Fiction Editor

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Jane Rawson has joined the Island team. Jane will be taking on the role of Fiction Editor for the print issues.

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