Central Coast Poets Inc. are pleased to release the names of the ten poems shortlisted by Judge Jean Kent for consideration for the Henry Kendall Poetry Award 2017:
Roseate Galahs near Booranga
Jena Woodhouse, QLD
Gathering place
Penny Lane, NSW
Not Yet
Gillian Telford, NSW
Pantoum for my mother
Gary Smith, VIC
The Ancestors
Gail Hennessy, NSW
SO LONG
Ian Reid, WA
Late Winter Morning
Jakob Ziguras, NSW
Eastern Road Turramurra 1926
Jan Dean, NSW
Younger every week
Jenny Blackford, NSW
Margaret Olley’s Flannel Flowers
Vanessa Page, QLD
Congratulations to our top ten entrants.
The entries to be included in the forthcoming anthology have also been selected, and all those included have been notified by email.
Prizewinners will be announced on 1st July 2017.