Mattara Poetry Prize records, 1981-1989
Mattara Poetry Prize records, 1981-1989
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Date
1981-1989
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MLMSS 9095
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16.15 metres of textual material (98 boxes)
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Contents
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 poem...
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Full title
Mattara Poetry Prize records, 1981-1989
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Porter, Dorothy Featherstone, 1954-2008
Dawe, Bruce, 1930-
Hart, Kevin, 1954-
Kocan, Peter, 1947-
Wallace-Crabbe, Chris, 1934-
Dutton, Geoffrey, 1922-1998
Catalano, Gary, 1947-2002
Gould, Alan, 1949-
Grant, Jamie, 1949-
Keesing, Nancy, 1923-1993
Croft, Julian, 1941-
Dobson, Rosemary, 1920-2012
Hodgins, Philip, 1959-1995
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Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords project 2013-2014
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Department of English, University of Newcastle (N.S.W.) in 1990
Administrative / Biographical history
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 in...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 9095
Record Identifier
Y0KD8OB1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Y0KD8OB1
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Reference code
411692
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