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Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize


The Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, is a literary award for an unpublished poetry manuscript by a Queensland author. The prize was established in 2003 and currently comes with a total prize money of $3000 and a publication contract with the University of Queensland Press. Entry can be submitted from Australia wide and the awards have been "... administered by the Queensland Writers Centre since 2005 in partnership with Arts Queensland and the Queensland Poetry Festival."

2003 Lidija Cvetkovic, War is Not the Season for Figs

2004 Jaya Savige, latecomers

2005 Nathan Shepherdson, Sweeping the Light Back Into The Mirror

2006 Angela Gardner, Parts of Speech

2007 Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria

2008 Felicity Plunkett, Vanishing Point

2009 Rosanna Licari, An Absence of Saints

2010 Vlanes (Vladislav Nekliaev), Another Babylon

2011 Nick Powell, Water Mirrors

2012 Rachel Briggs, Free Logic

2013 David Stavanger, The Special

2014 Krissy Kneen, Eating My Grandmother

2015 Stuart Barnes, The Staysail

2016 Shastra Deo, The agonist


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