Felicity Plunkett

Felicity Plunkett is an Australian poet and critic.[1] She was poetry editor at the University of Queensland Press from 2010 to 2018.

Career

Plunkett has a BA (Honours) and PhD from the University of Sydney. She is an award-winning writer of poetry, and short stories as well as a widely published critic. She began her career as an academic at various universities including. In 2016 she wrote a song for Andrée Greenwell's album, Gothic.[2]

Bibliography
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Poetry collections
  • Plunkett, Felicity (2009). Vanishing point. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press.[3]
  • Plunkett, Felicity (2011). Seastrands [4]
  • Plunkett, Felicity (2020). A Kinder Sea[5]

Anthologies (contributor)
  • Skylines: New Writing From New England (2000) ISBN 0-646-37877-5
  • Calyx: 30 Contemporary Australian Poets (Paperbark Press. 2001) ISBN 1-876749-18-0
  • The Best Australian Poems (Black Inc 2008). Edited by Peter Rose. ISBN 978-1-86395-303-0[6]
  • Best Australian Poetry 2008 (UQP 2008). Edited by David Brooks. ISBN 978-0-7022-3654-9
  • The Best Australian Poems 2009 (Black Inc. 2009). Edited by Robert Adamson. ISBN 978-1-86395-452-5[7]
  • The Best Australian Poems 2011 (Black Inc. 2011). Edited by John Tranter. ISBN 9781863955492[8]
  • Global Poetry Anthology 2015 (Véhicule Press. 2015) Edited by Gabeba Baderoon, Kate Clanchy, Carolyn Forché, Amanda Jernigan, Anthony Lawrence, Niyi Osundare, Jennifer Rahim, K. Satchidanandan, Michael Schmidt, Bruce Taylor. ISBN 9781550654363[9]
  • Global Poetry Anthology 2017 (Véhicule Press. 2017) Edited by Kim Addonizio, David Dabydeen, Vona Groarke, Susan Nalugwa Kiguli, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Pascale Petit, Talya Rubin, Carmine Starnino, Mark Tredinnick, Joseph Akawu Ushie. ISBN 9781550654844[10]

Anthology (as editor)
  • Thirty Australian Poets (UQP, 2011)[11]
  • States of Poetry Queensland (ABR, 2016)[12]
  • States of Poetry Queensland (ABR, 2017)[13]

Book reviews
Year Review article Work(s) reviewed
2014 Plunkett, Felicity (September 2014). "Our terrible projections : Helen Garner and the corridors of empathy". Australian Book Review. 364: 15–17. Garner, Helen. This house of grief. Text Publishing.

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • ABC Radio National 2003 Short Story Competition for "Sleeping Like a Baby" [14]
  • Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes, 2006 for October's Road and Inside Your Wardrobe[15]
  • Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes, 2007, for Articulate; Stitching the Night; Learning the Bones[16]
  • Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, 2008, winner for Vanishing Point[17]
  • Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize, 2010, commended for "Ruined Girls" [18]
  • Anne Elder Award, commended for Vanishing Point
  • Western Australian Premier's Book Awards (Poetry), shortlisted for Vanishing Point [19]
  • Judith Wright Prize, 2010, commended for Vanishing Point [20]
  • Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award, 2014, for Lost Sea Voices
  • Australian Catholic University Poetry Prize, 2018, for Sound Bridge[21]
  • University of Canberra VC International Poetry Prize, 2018, shortlisted for Carpus Diem[22]
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References
  1. UQP. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  2. "Gothic, by Andrée Greenwell". Andrée Greenwell. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. "UQP - Vanishing Point". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. "Felicity Plunkett, Seastrands". vagabondpress.net. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  5. Plunkett, Felicity (4 February 2020). A Kinder Sea. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-6270-8.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. Rose, Peter (2008). The Best Australian Poems 2008. ISBN 9781863953030.
  7. The Best Australian Poems 2009 by Robert Adamson. 4 August 2009.
  8. The Best Australian Poems 2011 by John Tranter. 29 August 2011.
  9. "Montreal International Poetry Prize". Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  10. "Montreal International Poetry Prize". Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. "UQP - Thirty Australian Poets".
  12. "States of Poetry Queensland - Series One". www.australianbookreview.com.au. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  13. "States of Poetry Queensland - Series Two". www.australianbookreview.com.au. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  14. Sleeping Like A Baby
  15. Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  16. Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Josephine Ulrick Prize winners".
  19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. "ACT Government Media Releases". 2019.
  21. Mem: 32563976. "Hunter wins $10,000 for 2018 ACU poetry prize | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  22. "University of Canberra VC Poetry Prize Longlist" (PDF).
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