Almanac Poetry: 2022 Stella Prize winner – Evelyn Araluen

 

Evelyn Araluen is the winner of the  $50,000 2022 Stella Prize for her poetry collection Dropbear. Her win was announced yesterday (28 April 2022).  The Footy Almanac reprises a poem from the collection we featured after her appearance at the Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022. You can read the judges comments for the award Here.

 

 

 

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Evelyn Araluen discussing and reciting her poetry during the Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022.

 

Here is an example of her work from her most recent collection of poetry and prose, Dropbear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drop Bear can be purchased from the publisher Here

 

More poetry from Almanac Poetry can be read HERE

 

 

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