Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 SCWC Poetry Awards

Congratulations to everyone involved in the 2023 South Coast Writers Festival, an inspiring mix of creative writing, big concepts and thought-provoking conversations at Wollongong Town Hall and Art Gallery from August 18-20.

The festival wrapped up with the announcement of the winners of the 2023 SCWC Poetry Awards and the WAG Poetry Award.

In 1st Place: My Pink Ashes by Meredith Wattison; 2nd Place: Outside The Cyanometer, by Scott-Patrick Mitchell; Member Award: Crab Nest, by Kathleen Bleakley; and Wollongong Art Gallery Award: Pigmentworld by Carolyn Leach-Paholski.

Find September’s literary events at southcoastwriters.org