- Andrew Slattery
Andrew Slattery (born
1980 ) is a contemporary Australianpoet .Biography
Educated at The
University of Newcastle , Slattery's poems have been published in magazines, journals and anthologies throughout Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. His shorter poems appear regularly inMeanjin ,Poetry Salzburg Review andQuadrant (magazine) .Slattery was a recipient of the
Australian Society of Authors Mentorship Program [ [http://www.asauthors.org/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=ASP0016/ccms.r?PageID=10078 ASA Mentorships Program] ] and a regular at his hometownNational Young Writers' Festival [ [http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/program_detail.php?people_id=124 National Young Writers' Festival] ] where in 2008 the festival celebrates its 10th anniversay with an anthology of writing including works by Slattery,Nick Earls andSophie Cunningham .His debut collection, "Canyon", is to be published [ [http://www.varuna.com.au/newsdiary.html Longlines Poetry] ] by The Australian Poetry Centre and the
Myer Foundation in February 2009.SLATTERY, ANDREW
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Poet
ScreenwriterAwards & Nominations
* 2008 Max Harris Poetry Award (commendation award) [ [http://poetryandpoeticscentre.com/index.php/Results_of_the_2008_Award The Poetry & Poetics Centre, The University of Adelaide] ]
* 2007 Newcastle Poetry Prize - 1st Place (local section) [ [http://www.walleahpress.com.au/b25/?p=533 Newcastle Poetry Prize1] ] [ [http://www.powerset.com/explore/go/Newcastle-Poetry-Prize Newcastle Poetry Prize2] ]
* 2007 Newcastle Poetry Prize - 2nd Place (open section)
* 2007 Finalist in the ABC Short Story Project for "The River" [ [http://www.abc.net.au/shortstories/stories/s2076255.htm ABC Short Story Project] ]
* 2007 The Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award [ [http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=53938 The Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award] ]
* 2007
Australian Writers' Guild Monte Miller Award (short form) [ [http://www.awg.com.au/artman/publish/article_450.shtml The AWGIE Awards] ]* 2006 The Henry Kendall Poetry Award [ [http://www.fusionarts.org.au/on_item.cfm/EVENT/FAE/83B9D6F8-7EB6-456A-B52863CE57D9C3F8/- The Henry Kendall Poetry Award] ]
* 2006
The Roland Robinson Literary Award [ [http://www.lakemac.com.au/page.aspx?pid=159&vid=11 The Roland Robinson Literary Award] ]* 2003
Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry * 2002 Melinda Moore Award
External Links
* [http://www.mascarapoetry.com/issue3/andrew_slattery.htm Bathey Pelagium] poem
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/01/12/bigsleep.html The Big Sleep] essay
* [http://www.redriverreview.com/A55656/RRR.nsf/b7b067882cdeb1b1862572f20026de56/57e9c71984df9d96862572f200268af7?OpenDocument The Body & the Sea] poem
* [http://www.shampoopoetry.com/ShampooTwentysix/slattery.html Crossdress] poem
* [http://www.papertigermedia.com/hutt/hutt2_2/slattery.htm Horses] poem
* [http://www.mascarapoetry.com/issue3/andrew_slattery.htm Kalle Metro Graveyard] poems
* [http://www.shampoopoetry.com/ShampooTwentythree/slattery.html The Pig in the Pool] poem
* [http://www.redriverreview.com/A55656/RRR.nsf/fa604a6a8a8940fe862570ce000c5c14/9427245794450a9e862570ce0026063c?OpenDocument The Right Tempo] poem
* [http://www.abc.net.au/shortstories/stories/s2076255.htm The River] short storyReferences
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