Wesley Michel Wright Prize
The prestigious Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry, worth approximately $3500, is open for award to an author or composer of original verse or poetry in the English language.
Applications open
1 Mar 2021
Last day for applications
24 May 2021
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Last day for applications
This is the last day on which applications will be accepted. Though conditions vary, we recommend submission by 5pm AEST to avoid disappointment.
Application type
Application required
How to apply
Benefit type
Single payment
Full benefit details
Citizenship requirements
Australian / domestic student
Total value
up to $3,500
Applicable study areas
All study areas
Number of scholarships awarded
1
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"The Wesley Michel Wright Prize is very special to me because it has a long history. I feel humbled to be sharing this award with other poets whose work I have admired for many years. The prize money will give me some valuable free time to write and to read: it creates new learning and new possibilities. Thank you for this wonderful affirmation and for the opportunity to nurture my writing."
- Susan Fealy
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Eligibility & selection criteria
Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship, you need to:
- Be an author or composer of original verse or poetry in the English language
- Have published the poem in the 12 months prior to the closing date in print or digital book or journal form
- Be an Australian citizen
- Poems must be between 50 and 500 lines, excluding titles, stanza breaks and footnotes
- Only one application per book - multiple applications, on separate application forms, may be submitted if they are from different books
- Works previously submitted as entries for the prize will not be accepted
- Applicants for this prize agree by submitting their work that their name, the name of their work and publication details will be published on The University of Melbourne website and other University of Melbourne publications
- There will only be one winner
CONDITIONS
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Application process
Complete the online application form, which requires the current ISSN or ISBN number for your book or journal publication, the web address of work published electronically, and the documents uploaded as outlined below:
- Copy of proof of Australian citizenship (passport, birth certificate, citizenship certificate, etc.) The selection committee may request your original copy at a later date.
- A poem or a collection of poems of between 50 and 500 lines. Poems can be consecutive poems or selected from different sections of your book to make up the line requirement. Title, stanza breaks and footnotes are not included in line count.
- If your entry is part of a hard copy book, upload the extract you would like to submit for judging.
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About the donor
Wesley Michel Wright
This prize was established by bequest from Mr Wesley Michel Wright, UOM Bachelor of Arts (1951).
What are the benefits?
Approximately $3,500
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