Best of Times Short Story Competition, Spring 2016
The Beefmaster (short story) – Highly Commended
Lane Cove Literary Award 2016
Lost in Trainstation (travel story) – shortlisted
Trudy Graham / Julie Lewis Literary Award for Prose 2016
Commended for short story The Question
Lane Cove Literary Award 2015
shortlisted for the poem Oregon
Melaleuca Blue 2015 Life Writing Competition
shortlisted for the memoir The First Day and included in the collection Do nuns wear knickers? (True stories of school life and what we really learned) Melaleuca Blue Publishing, 2016
Friendly Street Poets Satura Prize, 2015
first prize for the poem a clarity of smog
related newspaper article.
Friendly Street background and shortlist
Five Islands Press
The Tropeland Selection
(One of 4 selected for publication within the following year with the assistance of the Australia Council Literature Board)
http://fiveislandspress.com/category/new
2014
John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize
Shortlisted for Tropeland
June, 2013
RiAus Sciku Competition 2012
1st Prize for clover
(24/08/12) http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=1605
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature
Shortlisted in the Unpublished Manuscripts section
for poetry collection Tropeland
Feb, 2012
http://adelaidetweet.com/blog/2012-adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature/
Friendly Street Poets Political Poetry Competition
Commended for
Stopping the Boats
http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=1043
Dec, 2011
RiAus Science Poetry Competition (1st prize) and FS Poem of the Month for November for
2011
Julie Lewis Biennial Literary Awards
(Peter Cowan)
Clearing the caravan park
(2nd place)
http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=989
Open Your Mind Poetry Competition 2011
Winner (open metro) for two faces have i
http://www.robwalkerpoet.com/?p=941
RiAus Sci-ku Competition 2011 (Highly Commended) for carbon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjyPokSVoSk&feature=relmfu (at 5:07)
(20/08/11)
Newcastle Poetry Prize (New Media) 2009 (Winner with Ben Walker) for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winners
Newcastle Poetry Prize (New Media) 2007. (Winner with Matt Walker) for
moon:antipoem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Poetry_Prize#New_Media_Winner