{"id":2422,"date":"2015-07-21T21:18:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=2422"},"modified":"2017-03-29T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T05:54:35","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=2422","title":{"rendered":"awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Best of Times Short Story Competition, Spring 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/wildthoughts.com.au\/bot22beef.html\">The Beefmaster<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(short story) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/wildthoughts.com.au\/comp22.html\">Highly Commended<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lane Cove Literary Award 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Lost in Trainstation<\/em> (travel story) &#8211; shortlisted<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trudy Graham \/ Julie Lewis Literary Award for Prose 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pcwc.org.au\/competition-results\/\">Commended<\/a>\u00a0for short story <em>The Question<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lane Cove Literary Award 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecouncil.lanecove.nsw.gov.au\/TRIM7\/documents\/856495182\/TRIM_Lane%20Cove%20Literary%20Awards%202015%20-%20Poetry%20Shortlist_1024524.PDF\">shortlisted<\/a> for the poem O<em>regon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melaleuca Blue 2015 Life Writing Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifewriting.info\/\">shortlisted<\/a> for the memoir The First Day and\u00a0included in the \u00a0collection <em>Do nuns wear knickers? (True stories of school life and what we really learned) Melaleuca Blue Publishing, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friendly Street Poets Satura Prize, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>first prize for the poem <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=2510\">a clarity of smog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>related <a href=\"http:\/\/indaily.com.au\/arts-and-culture\/2015\/09\/08\/struggles-inspire-prize-winning-poetry\/\">newspaper article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Friendly Street <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlystreetpoets.org.au\/2015\/09\/02\/2015-satura-prize-winner-a-clarity-of-smog-by-rob-walker\/\">background and shortlist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Islands Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tropeland Selection<\/p>\n<p>(One of 4 selected for publication within the following year with the assistance of the Australia Council Literature Board)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fiveislandspress.com\/category\/new\">http:\/\/fiveislandspress.com\/category\/new<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortlisted for <em>Tropeland<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>June, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eruditescribe.com\/john-knight-memorial-poetry-manuscript-prize\/?utm_source=AP+general+mailout+-+past+and+present+members&amp;utm_campaign=6441f7330e-This_Week_in_Australian_Poetry_2012_02_102_19_2012&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_ca0c6fa8f7-6441f7330e\">http:\/\/www.eruditescribe.com\/john-knight-memorial-poetry-manuscript-prize\/?utm_source=AP+general+mailout+-+past+and+present+members&amp;utm_campaign=6441f7330e-<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RiAus Sciku Competition 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> Prize for <em>clover<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(24\/08\/12) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1605\">http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1605<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature<\/h1>\n<p>Shortlisted in the Unpublished Manuscripts section<\/p>\n<p>for poetry collection <em>Tropeland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Feb, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adelaidetweet.com\/blog\/2012-adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature\/\">http:\/\/adelaidetweet.com\/blog\/2012-adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Friendly Street Poets Political Poetry Competition<\/h1>\n<p>Commended for<\/p>\n<p><em>Stopping the Boats<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1043\">http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1043<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dec, 2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RiAus Science Poetry Competition<\/strong> (1<sup>st<\/sup> prize) and <strong>FS Poem of the Month for November<\/strong> for<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1013\">Moths and butterflies\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Lewis<\/strong> <strong>Biennial Literary Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Peter Cowan)<\/p>\n<p><em>Clearing the caravan park<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(2<sup>nd<\/sup> place)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=989\">http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=989<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner (open metro) for <em>two faces have i<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=941\">http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=941<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RiAus Sci-ku Competition 2011<\/strong> (Highly Commended) for <em>carbon<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZjyPokSVoSk&amp;feature=relmfu\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZjyPokSVoSk&amp;feature=relmfu<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0(at 5:07)<\/p>\n<p>(20\/08\/11)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newcastle Poetry Prize (New Media) 2009<\/strong>\u00a0 (Winner\u00a0with Ben Walker) for<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/7872488\">bibliophobia<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winners\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winners<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<strong>Newcastle Poetry Prize (New Media) 2007<\/strong><\/em>. (Winner\u00a0with Matt Walker) for<\/p>\n<p><em>moon:antipoem<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winner\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best of Times Short Story Competition, Spring 2016 The Beefmaster\u00a0(short story) \u2013 Highly Commended &nbsp; Lane Cove Literary Award 2016 Lost in Trainstation (travel story) &#8211; shortlisted &nbsp; Trudy Graham \/ Julie Lewis Literary Award for Prose 2016 Commended\u00a0for short &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?page_id=2422\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422\/revisions\/3025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}