Mattara Poetry Prize records, 1981-1989

MLMSS 9095

fonds

1981-1989

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

411692

16.15 metres of textual material (98 boxes)

The Mattara Poetry Prize was first awarded 1981, overseen by two academics at the University of Newcastle, Christopher Pollnitz and Paul Kavanagh, who secured funding for the Prize from the Hunter Water Board and convinced A.D. Hope and G.A. Wilkes to be judges.

Now known as the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the competition is held annually and includes an anthology of the judges’ selections.

Reference:
Newcastle Poetry Prize, History, http://newcastlepoetryprize.com (accessed 28/09/2013)

Mattara Poetry Prize records, 1981-1989. The collection comprises typescript and handwritten poems and cover letters submitted by entrants, correspondence, draft copies and published copies of Mattara Poetry Prize anthologies, and 5 colour photographs of exhibition displays.

Boxes 1-3
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1981. Includes poems by Kevin Hart, Les Murray, Peter Kocan, Katherine Gallagher, Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Geoffrey Dutton

Boxes 4-9
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1982. Includes poems by Peter Kocan, Kevin Hart, Edith Speers, Gary Catalano, Alan Gould, Jamie Grant, Nancy Keesing

Boxes 10-14
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1983. Includes poems by Caroline Caddy, Geoffrey Dutton, Alan Gould, Kerry Leves, Mark Miller

Boxes 15-37
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1984. Includes poems by Dorothy Auchterlonie, Kevin Gilbert, Chris Mansell, Mark Miller, Alison Croggon, Gary Catalano, John Scott

Boxes 38-46
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1985. Includes poems by Diane Fahey, Julian Croft, Peter Boyle, Mark O’Connor, Jan Owen, Craig Powell, Graham Rowlands, Philip Salom

Boxes 47-61
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1986. Includes poems by Lily Brett, Diane Fahey, Peter Goldsworthy, Dorothy Hewett, Mark O’Connor, Andrew Sant, Margaret Scott, John Tranter

Boxes 62-71
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1987. Includes poems by Robert Adamson, Lily Brett, Yvette Christianse, Julian Croft, Philip Hodgins, Mark O’Connor, Jan Owen, Tracy Ryan, Philip Salom, Jennifer Strauss

Boxes 72-80
Poems and cover letters submitted, 1988. Includes poems by Robert Carver, Louise Crisp, Sudesh Mishra, Isobel Robin, Kristopher Saknussemm, Michael Sharkey, Debra Stokes

Boxes 81-89
Poems submitted, 1989. Includes poems by Javant Biarujia, Sarah Day, Stephen Gilfedder, Martin Johnston, Jill Jones, Jan Owen, Dorothy Porter, Michael Sharkey, Philip Salom

Box 90
Correspondence concerning entries for the 1981 Mattara Poetry Prize
Correspondence concerning the 1982 Mattara Poetry Prize, including letters from Bruce Dawe, a judge of the competition, to Christopher Pollnitz, 1982
Correspondence concerning the 1983 Mattara Poetry Prize, including letters from Rosemary Dobson, a judge of the competition, to Paul Kavanagh, 1983

Boxes 91-93
Typescript annotated draft copies of the 1984 anthology ‘Neither nuked nor crucified and other poems’, ed. Christopher Pollnitz; mailing lists; financial statements; anthology order forms; correspondence concerning entries; newscuttings; 5 colour photographs, 1984

Box 94
Typescript annotated draft copies of the 1986 anthology ‘An inflection of silence and other poems’, ed. Christopher Pollnitz; correspondence concerning the 1986 Mattara Poetry Prize

Box 95
Correspondence concerning the 1987 Mattara Poetry Prize
Typescript annotated draft copies of the 1988 anthology ‘The international terminal’, ed. Christopher Pollnitz; anthology mailing lists; 1988

Boxes 96-97
Typescript draft copies of the 1989 ‘Pictures from an exhibition’, ed. Paul Kavanagh, 1989; cover letters from applicants for the Mattara Poetry Prize, 1989

Box 98
Printed copies of Mattara Poetry Prize anthologies, 1982-1989

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