2018 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize Archives

Prize Winning Poems from our Black Cockatoo Editors Brenda Saunders & Yvette Henry Holt

Verity La November 30, 2018 Black Cockatoo, Poetry

Verity La are proud of the achievements of all our fantastic editors. Recently, poems from two of our Black Cockatoo editors, Brenda Saunders and Yvette Henry Holt, placed as Winner & Highly …

War on Cheese (Warwick Sprawson)July 29, 2010
The Federal Government will launch a pre-emptive strike against the highly addictive drug, cheese, to suppress its use in Australia, with the launch of its 19 million-dollar campaign ‘Freeze Cheese: ... Read More
Joey (Deb Wain)November 11, 2015
You shouldn’t be hitchhiking out here on your own, she says when she leans across and opens the door of her shiny four-wheel drive. The young woman she addresses hurries ... Read More
Urban Alphabet (Kristen Roberts)April 29, 2016
A is for ‘orses. And cows. But there aren’t any horses or cows around here, so people use it to mulch their flower beds instead. B is for honey. Not ... Read More