Tag: competitions and awards
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Red Room Poetry Fellowship Shortlist 2022
I feel honoured to be shortlisted for the Red Room Poetry Fellowship 2022, among so many poets I admire. Congratulations to: Shastra Deo, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jessica Wilkinson, Jill Jones, Rozanna Lilley, Bonny Cassidy, Anne Casey, Heather Taylor Johnson and Audrey Molloy. Further details are over at Red Room Poetry here. My sincere thanks to the…
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Out from the Mist – Short Movie Winner
I feel honoured to win the Australia Asia Film Group Prize in the Out from the Mist Short Movie category. My work Setting Free Anxiety Like a Fistful of Birds can be viewed below and will be screened on AusAsia TV online. The Out from the Mist (Representations of Mental Health) exhibition at Superordinary in…
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Brisbane Portrait Prize Finalist
I’m proud to be a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize with my self-portrait ‘Brews Song in Rivers’. You can check out the gallery of finalists and details of the exhibition, and vote in the people’s choice here.
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2020 Spark Prize Shortlist
I was thrilled to be featured on the shortlist of the Spark Prize, for my memoir manuscript ‘How to Knit a Human’. ‘How to Knit a Human’ is a split-voice, non-linear memoir following my attempts to re-stitch my sense of self and memory. To read more about the winner and shortlisted entrants, visit here.
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Finalist in the 2019 Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing
In 2019, I was honoured to be a finalist in the Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing. My drawing ‘Self-portrait while Depressed’ was exhibited at the Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art. I was going through a period of depression and decided to draw a series of self-portraits. Created over a thirty-four minute period, the process of…
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Semi-Finalist Gender Gaze Exhibition, Brisbane Festival 2016
I am a semi-finalist in the Gender Gaze Exhibition as part of the 2016 Brisbane Festival. The exhibition runs from 15-24 September at Metro Arts. The photograph being exhibited is ‘Tea Party: Anna’s-28th-and-a-half-year birthday pantomime’ and my artist statement reads: ‘I decided to stage a tea party with my childhood toys. While it was fun, the process…
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Shortlist – 2016 Scribe Non Fiction Prize
Anna was excited to be shortlisted for the Scribe Non Fiction Prize for an extract of her memoir ‘How to Knit a Human’. You can read an interview with Anna at Express Media.
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Shortlisted for the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2016
Anna was shortlisted for the 2016 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards for her photograph ‘The Poets at Below Deck’. Below Deck was once a month from April 2015 – April 2016 and run by poet Sophie Tarrant. Within this space, chalk drawings adorned the walls together with an assortment of old paintings and objects. When filled with…
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Shortlist – Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2015
On Friday 28 August at the Queensland Poetry Festival, Anna was thrilled to be short-listed for the 2015 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for her unpublished manuscript Crunchy, No Bruises.
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Originality Prize – Deakin Leadership Centre’s International Poetry Competition
Anna won the Originality Prize in the 2014 Deakin Leadership Centre International Poetry Competition for her poem ‘Follow’.