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Edition 2 (1993)

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Winners

3 people

Mean Time is a poetry collection that moves through time, family, and loss. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by time and family.

56 pages
timefamilylossmemory
Don Paterson Winner

Nil Nil is a poetry collection that moves through language, absence, and play and emptiness. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by language and absence.

64 pages
languageabsenceplay and emptinessidentity
Vicki Feaver Winner

Judith is a poem that condenses myth, gender, and violence into a tightly controlled lyric voice. Its spare movement carries strong emotional pressure.

A tightly focused poem where myth and gender quietly intersect.

mythgenderviolencememory