Anne Elder Award

The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry was administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers from its establishment in 1976 until 2017. From 2018 the award has been administered by Australian Poetry.[1] It is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for the winner.[2] The award is named after Australian poet Anne Elder (1918–1976).[3]

  1. ^ "Andrada wins Anne Elder Award 2018 for 'Flood Damages'". Books+Publishing. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ 2005 National Literary Awards Results Archived 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine p. 2.
  3. ^ Elder, Anne. "Elder, Anne Josephine Chloe (1918–1976)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.