The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize is an award given to Australian poets for a single poem. The initial prize was awarded at the Somerset Celebration of Literature literary dinner in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia in March 1998. The prize was created by Win Schubert, Director of Art Galleries Schubert at the Gold Coast, in celebration of the dynamic life of her gallery manager and close friend, Josephine Ulrick. From 1998 until 2000, the Prize was managed by the Somerset Celebration of Literature, then from 2001 to 2003 it moved to the University of Queensland, Ulrick being a former student of that university.[1] [2] It then became a part of the Creative Writing program at Griffith University, Gold Coast, in Queensland.[3] Starting in 2013, the Arts, Education and Law Group at Griffith University funded the award fully, and the name was changed to the Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize.
Winners of the Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize (1998–2012) and the Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize (2013–2016):[4]
| Year | Result | Recipients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998[5] | Winner | Roland Leach | |
| 1999 | Winner | Jean Kent | |
| 2000 | Winner | Kathryn Lomer | |
| 2001 | Winner | Anthony Lawrence | |
| Runners-up | Jan Kapelas, Jean Kent, Ronn Morris and Jan Owen | ||
| 2002 | Winner | Judy Johnson | |
| Highly Commended | Ted Nielse and Patricia Sykes | ||
| 2003 | Winner | Judith Beveridge | |
| Highly Commended | Adrienne Eberhard | ||
| 2004 | Winner | Nathan Shepherdson | |
| Runners-up | Nicholas Grapsias and Lauren Williams | ||
| 2005 | Winner | Christine Fontana | |
| Runners-up | Robert Adamson and Nathan Shepherdson | ||
| 2006 | Winner | Nathan Sheperdson | |
| Runners-up | Sue Clennell, Jeri Kroll and Mell McKimmie | ||
| 2007 | Winner | Therese Van Maanen | |
| Commended | Gary Thornell, Sue Clennell, Nathan Curnow and James Hughes | ||
| 2008 | Winner | David Musgrave | |
| Runner-up | Siall Waterbright | ||
| Commended | Simon Sandall, Nathan Shepherdson and Andrew Slattery* | ||
| 2009[6] | Winner | Christine Paice | |
| 2nd Prize | |||
| Runners-up | Oliver Driscoll and Nathan Shepherdson | ||
| 2010[7] | Winner | Nathan Curnow | |
| 2nd Prize | Andrew Slattery* | ||
| Commended | Carmen Leigh Keates and Jill Pattinson | ||
| 2011[8] | Winner | Maria Zajkowski | |
| 2nd Prize | Dan Disney | ||
| Commended | Kristen Lang and Rhyll McMaster | ||
| 2012 | Winner | Maria Zajkowski | |
| Commended | Carmen Leigh Keates, Nathan Shepherdson and Meredith Wattison | ||
| 2013 | Winner | Nathan Shepherdson | |
| 2nd Prize | No prize awarded | ||
| 2014 | Winner | John Watson | |
| 2nd Prize | Jonathan Hadwen | ||
| 2015[9] | Winner | Amanda Johnson | |
| 2nd Prize | Tug Dumbly | ||
| 2016[10] | Joint Winners | Sarah Holland-Batt and Chloe Wilson |