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Megan Cartwright - Poet
Arachnid dreams must unravel as spun silk,
spindlelegs spooling tapestries of
dream-state landscapes and woven panoramas to be read like braille.
Awards & Honours
WINNER Tina Kane Emergent Writer Award 2025
MILDURA WRITERS' FESTIVAL
LONGLISTED Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025
SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS VICTORIA
LONGLISTED Plough Poetry Prize 2025
THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE
RUNNER-UP Centenary Poetry Prize 2025
​MENTONE PUBLIC LIBRARY
WRITER IN RESIDENCE April 2025
SOUTH COAST WRITERS' CENTRE/BUNDANON HOUSE​
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KSP FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT March 2025
KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD WRITERS' CENTRE
WINNER Matthew Rocca Poetry Prize 2024
VERANDAH LITERARY JOURNAL/DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
SHORTLISTED Jean Stone Poetry Competition 2024
FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS NSW
SHORTLISTED Poem Forest 2024
RED ROOM POETRY
SHORTLISTED Plough Poetry Prize 2024
THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE
WINNER Poem of the Month March-April 2024
LIT SHARK MAGAZINE
WRITER IN RESIDENCE March 2024
SOUTH COAST WRITERS' CENTRE/NAN TIEN TEMPLE
SHORTLISTED Hexham Poetry Prize 2023
HEXHAM POETRY
WINNER Litlinks Teachers as Writers 2023
ACT LITLINKS
SHORTLISTED Lane Cove Literary Awards 2023
LANE COVE COUNCIL
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