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Numerous prizes are up for grabs (valued up to $3500)
Closing date: Friday 29 August 2008 at 4pm
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Terms of the Award

1. Applications close 4pm on Friday 12 September 2008. The award will be in the sum of $11,000.
2. This award has been made possible by a generous gift to the university by David Harold Tribe, author and humanist, to promote the writing of poetry in Australia. The award provides poets with funds that might enable them to further their education in the field of poetry, to continue to refine their work as poets, and to improve the general public's appreciation of Australian poetry.
3. The award will be made for the best original poem of up to 100 lines submitted to the Department of English, provided that the judging panel is of the opinion that the work is of sufficient merit to warrant the award being made.
4. The winner will be announced at the end of year Creative Writing soiree hosted by the Department of English (early-mid November 2008).
5. The winning poem will be published in Southerly.

Conditions of Entry

This award is for an original, previously unpublished poem of up to 100 lines, completed not earlier than three years before the closing date by a person normally resident in Australia during the four years prior to the submission of the poem.

• Only ONE entry per poet will be accepted
• Entry is FREE
• Previously published or prize-winning poems will not be accepted
• Entries MUST NOT be under consideration for publication
• The poet must present the entry under his/her own name and NOT under a pseudonym
• The entry must be typed (12 point) on single-sided A4 paper and FOUR (4) copies (in hard copy only) must be submitted
• The copies of the poem MUST NOT BE MARKED with the poet's name
• The poet's name must appear ONLY on the entry form that accompanies the entry (Please click here to download form)
• The entry must be posted or delivered by hand to arrive at the General Office of the School of Letters Art and Media (John Woolley Building) no later than 4pm on the closing date to: The David Harold Tribe Poetry Award, Department of English, John Woolley Building (A20), University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006
• Entries will not be accepted by email or fax
• Entries will not be returned
• A panel of judges appointed by the university will short-list applications and select a winner. The decision of the judges is final and no further correspondence will be entered into
• Late entries will not be considered
• CLOSING DATE: Friday 12 September 2008 at 4 pm.