Career
His most recent collection is Headwaters (Pitt Street ).
His most recent collection is Headwaters (Pitt Street ).
Newcastle Poetry Prize 2015. The Philip Hodgins Meda Awarded at the 2015 Mildura Writers Festival Newcastle Poetry Prize 2014. (jointly with Debi Hamilton) 6th Blake Poetry Prize 2013: winner for "Appellations" Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2010: winner for "Domestic Emergencies" The Age Book of the Year Award, Dinny O"Hearn Poetry Prize, 2008: shortlisted for Bark Queensland Premier"s Literary, Arts Queensland, Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry, 2008: shortlisted for Bark Peter Porter Poetry Prize, 2007: shortlisted for "Guidance and Knowledge" (Note: Prize known as the ABR Poetry Prize in 2007) Tasmania Book Prizes, Tasmania Book Prize, 2005: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Manitoba The Age Book of the Year Award, poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Manitoba Victorian Premier"s Literary, The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry, 2004: shortlisted for The Sleep of a Learning Manitoba Colin Roderick Award, 2002: shortlisted for Skinned by Light: Poems 1989 – 2002 Josephine Ulrick National Poetry Prize, 2001: winner for "The Rain" Inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, 1999: winner for New and Selected Poems NSW Premier"s Literary, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 1997: winner for The Viewfinder Grace Perry Memorial Award, 1988: runner-up for "Blood Oath".