Background
Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and Denver, Colorado.
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Sarah Holland-Batt
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Holland-Batt is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo and MacDowell colonies, a Hawthornden Castle residency, and an Australia Council for the Arts Literature Residency at the B.R. Whiting Studio in Rome. Her poems have appeared in numerous international newspapers, periodicals and magazines, including The New Yorker and Poetry, among others, and have been widely anthologised.
Achievements
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Mary Gilmore Prize, 2010, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Prize, 2009, winner for Aria The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize, 2009, commended for Aria Anne Elder Award, 2008, winner for Aria Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Dorothy Hewett Fellowship for Poetry, 2007, winner for Aria Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2007, winner for Aria.
Membership
She is a member of the Creative Writing faculty at the Queensland University of Technology and the poetry editor of Island Magazine.
Awards
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Judith Wright Prize the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize; Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; Judith Wright Prize; Mary Gilmore Prize; Anne Elder Award; Judith Wright Calanthe Award; the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award; Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize Mary Gilmore Prize, 2010, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Prize, 2009, winner for Aria The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize, 2009, commended for Aria Anne Elder Award, 2008, winner for Aria Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Dorothy Hewett Fellowship for Poetry, 2007, winner for Aria Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2007, winner for AriaJudith Wright Prize the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize; Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; Judith Wright Prize; Mary Gilmore Prize; Anne Elder Award; Judith Wright Calanthe Award; the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award; Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize Mary Gilmore Prize, 2010, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Prize, 2009, winner for Aria The Age Book of the Year Poetry Prize, 2009, commended for Aria Anne Elder Award, 2008, winner for Aria Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry, 2008, shortlisted for Aria Dorothy Hewett Fellowship for Poetry, 2007, winner for Aria Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2007, winner for Aria