Wesley Michel Wright Prize

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

CONDITIONS

• 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

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.

Wesley Michel Wright

This prize was established by bequest from Mr Wesley Michel Wright, UOM Bachelor of Arts (1951).