Stuart Barnes (poet) explained

Stuart Barnes
Birth Place:Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Alma Mater:Monash University
Notable Works:Glasshouses, Like to the Lark
Awards:2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry,
2021/22 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

Stuart Barnes (born 1977) is an Australian poet.

Biography

Barnes was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Monash University, Victoria. His first book, Glasshouses, was awarded the 2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.[1] The judges of the Anne Elder Award, for which the collection was commended, wrote: "Barnes is compelling, dramatic and imaginative. ... [He] is a major poet in the making; watch this space!"[2] In The Sydney Morning Herald, Jane Sullivan included Glasshouses in 'Books for the year: The treats in store from Australia and overseas in 2016'.[3] The collection has been warmly received by critics: in The West Australian, William Yeoman described it as "playful, subtle, moving, witty and outrageous—a major achievement";[4] in The Australian, Geoff Page noted its "impressive balancing act between a love of precursors and the strategies of the avant-garde".[5]

In his conference paper 'Sonnets and Para-Sonnets', Stephen Guy-Bray, Professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia, wrote:

Barnes's second book, Like to the Lark (Upswell Publishing, 2023), includes the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize-winning 'Sestina after B. Carlisle',[6] the Montreal International Poetry Prize-shortlisted 'Off-world Ghazal'[7] and the Pushcart Prize-nominated 'Cerberus Watches Eros' (first published as 'Triolet: Cerberus and Eros'[8]). In The Sydney Morning Herald, Jane Sullivan included Like to the Lark in 'What are you going to read in 2023? Here are some standout titles'.[9] Like to the Lark won the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry. The Prize Selection committee praised its 'extraordinary poems, which draw their forms from across the planet, mix deep history and pop music, personal extremity and sophisticated humour, in such striking and memorable ways that each rereading proves even more rewarding than the last.'[10]

Barnes's poetry has been widely published in anthologies and journals, including in The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry,[11] Cordite Poetry Review,[12] The Language in My Tongue: An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry,[13] The Montreal International Poetry Prize Anthology 2020,[14] The Moth,[15] Overland,[16] Poetry,[17] Poetry Wales[18] and Southerly,.[19] Other writing, as selected by Nick Earls, has been published to goa, Brisbane’s broadcast roadside digital billboard network, as part of Queensland Writers Centre's #8WordStory initiative.[20]

Barnes has been a judge for the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards: Poetry Book Category,[21] the 2017 Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award,[22] the 2021 Red Room Poetry Fellowship[23] and the 2022 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.[24] From 2017–2019 he was a program adviser for Queensland Poetry Festival.[25] From 2014 to 2015 he was poetry editor of Verity La,[26] and from 2013 to 2017 he was poetry editor of Tincture Journal.[27] In 2018 he served on the advisory board of Bent Window Books and guest-edited, with Quinn Eades, Cordite Poetry Review Issue 88: TRANSQUEER.[28] In 2020 he guest-edited, with Charmaine Papertalk Green, Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry Issue 32: FORM. In 2021 he guest-edited, with Claire Gaskin, Australian Poetry Journal 11.1 'local, attention'.[29]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

Anthologies (as contributor)

Awards and nominations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barnes wins 2015 Thomas Shapcott Prize. 1 September 2015. Books and Publishing. 23 August 2017.
  2. http://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/FAW-National-Literay-Awards-2016.pdf Anne Elder Award Judges' report
  3. Web site: Books for the year: The treats in store from Australia and overseas in 2016. 24 December 2015.
  4. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/poetic-play-and-politics-ng-ya-124435 Poetic play and politics
  5. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/australian-poetry-bruce-dawe-barnes-jaireth-mccooey/news-story/313b80600a9d7f8c57824089ddae1c2d Australian poetry: Bruce Dawe, Barnes, Jaireth, McCooey
  6. Web site: Barnes. Stuart. Sestina After B Carlisle – by Stuart Barnes. Island Magazine. 24 February 2023.
  7. Web site: Barnes. Stuart. Off-world Ghazal. Montreal Poetry Prize. 31 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Barnes. Stuart. Triolet: Cerberus and Eros. Night Heron Barks. 1 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Sullivan. Jane. What are you going to read in 2023? Here are some standout titles. The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co.. 30 December 2022.
  10. Web site: 2023-10-19 . Barnes wins Wesley Michel Wright Prize . 2023-10-21 . Books+Publishing.
  11. https://www.mup.com.au/books/the-anthology-of-australian-prose-poetry-paperback-softback The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry, MUP
  12. http://cordite.org.au/author/sstu808 Stuart Barnes at Cordite Poetry Review
  13. https://madhat-press.com/products/the-language-in-my-tongue The Language in My Tongue: An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry, MadHat Press
  14. https://www.vehiculepress.com/q.php?EAN=9781550655759 The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2020, Vehicule Press
  15. https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=1970&page=8 The Moth Issue 42
  16. https://overland.org.au/author/stuart-barnes Stuart Barnes at Overland
  17. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stuart-barnes Stuart Barnes in POETRY (Chicago)
  18. https://poetrywales.co.uk/product/poetry-wales-57-1-summer-2021 Poetry Wales 57.1
  19. http://southerlyjournal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/76.2-Stuart-Barnes.pdf 'Double Acrostic' by Stuart Barnes
  20. http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/11/22/beautiful-8-word-stories-are-cropping-up-on-queensland-billboards_a_23286026 Beautiful 8 Word Stories Are Cropping Up On Queensland Billboards
  21. https://actwritersblog.com/2014/12/17/winners-of-the-2014-act-writing-and-publishing-awards Winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
  22. http://cordite.org.au/guncotton/winners-for-the-val-vallis-award-for-an-unpublished-poem-2017 Winners for the Val Vallis Award for an Unpublished Poem 2017
  23. https://redroompoetry.org/projects/fellowship/2021/fellows-statement-and-judging-notes 2021 Red Room Poetry Fellowship, Fellow's Statement and Judging Notes
  24. https://www.qldpoetry.org/thomas-shapcott-prize-open 2022 Thomas Shapcott Prize Awardee and Judges' comments
  25. http://www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com/site/2018-program-advisors Queensland Poetry Festival Program Advisers
  26. http://verityla.com/poems-from-glasshouses-stuart-barnesleigh-backhouse Poems from Glasshouses: Stuart Barnes/Leigh Backhouse
  27. http://tincture-journal.com/2016/11/27/stuart-barnes-interviewed-by-daniel-young Stuart Barnes, interviewed by Daniel Young
  28. http://cordite.org.au/content/poetry/transqueer Cordite Poetry Review, Stuart Barnes, Quinn Eades, Miss Saffaa, TRANSQUEER
  29. https://www.australianpoetry.org/australian-poetry-journal Australian Poetry Journal, Stuart Barnes, Claire Gaskin
  30. https://upswellpublishing.com/product/like-to-the-lark Like to the Lark, Upswell Publishing
  31. http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1403/Glasshouses Glasshouses, University of Queensland Press
  32. https://www.australianpoetry.org/misc/best-of-australian-poems-2022 Best of Australian Poems 2022, Australian Poetry
  33. https://www.upswellpublishing.com/product/admissions Admissions: Voices within Mental Health, Upswell Publishing
  34. https://gazebobooks.com.au/?s=alcatraz Alcatraz, Gazebo Books
  35. https://www.madhat-press.com/products/the-language-in-my-tongue MadHat Press, The Language in My Tongue: An Anthology of Australian and New Zealand Poetry
  36. https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/travel-an-anthology-of-microlit Spineless Wonders, Travel anthology
  37. https://www.acu.edu.au/faith-and-values/office-of-the-vice-president/acu-prize-for-poetry/chapbook-order Resilience: 2021 ACU Prize for Poetry Anthology, ACU
  38. https://www.hunterpublishers.com.au/shop/p/memory-book-portraits-of-older-australians-in-poetry-and-watercolours-cassandra-atherton-jessica-l-wilkinson-eds Memory Book: Portraits of Older Australians in Poetry and Watercolours, Hunter Publishers
  39. https://www.mup.com.au/books/the-anthology-of-australian-prose-poetry-paperback-softback The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry, MUP
  40. https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/pulped-fiction Spineless Wonders, Pulped Fiction anthology
  41. https://www.vehiculepress.com/q.php?EAN=9781550655759 The Montreal International Poetry Prize Anthology 2020, Vehicule Press
  42. https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/scars Spineless Wonders, Scars anthology
  43. https://www.browbooks.com/shop/going-postal Going Postal: More than 'Yes' or 'No, Brow Books
  44. https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/shaping-the-fractured-self-poetry-of-chronic-illness-and-pain Shaping the Fractured Self: poetry of chronic illness and pain, UWA Publishing
  45. https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-queensland States of Poetry Queensland - Series One
  46. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6777813 Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010, Hunter Writers' Centre
  47. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6806517?lookfor=the%20night%20road&offset=1&max=402 The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009, Hunter Writers' Centre
  48. Web site: 2024-06-06 . ALS Gold Medal 2024 shortlist announced . 2024-06-06 . Books+Publishing.
  49. Web site: 2023-10-19 . Barnes wins Wesley Michel Wright Prize . 2023-10-21 . Books+Publishing.
  50. Web site: 2023 Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award winners. 2023-04-22. Queensland Poetry. en-AU.
  51. Web site: Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize winners: 2021/22. 2022-03-03. Island Magazine. en-AU.
  52. https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/product/travel-an-anthology-of-microlit Travel: an anthology of microlit, Spineless Wonders
  53. https://www.acu.edu.au/faith-and-values/office-of-the-vice-president/acu-prize-for-poetry/chapbook-order Resilience: 2021 ACU Prize for Poetry Anthology, ACU
  54. https://nightheronbarks.com/nominations Pushcart Prize 2020 Nominations
  55. https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/poems/off-world-ghazal Read the 2020 shortlist and winning poem
  56. https://shortaustralianstories.com.au/2019-nwf-joanne-burns-microlit-award Scars: an anthology of microlit, Spineless Wonders
  57. " The 2017 Venie Prize Winners", News, 10 August 2017.
  58. https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/04/20/89253/mary-gilmore-award-2017-shortlist-announced Mary Gilmore Award 2017 shortlist announced
  59. http://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aFAW-National-Literay-Awards-2016.pdf Anne Elder Award Judges' report
  60. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6777813 Time with the sky : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2010
  61. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6806517?lookfor=the%20night%20road&offset=1&max=402 The Night Road : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2009

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