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, New, 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 …

GROWLING COCKATOOS AND HOPEFUL SWASTIKAS: Les Wicks’ Getting By Not Fitting InFebruary 27, 2018
Review by David Thomas Henry Wright Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Les Wicks’ Getting By Not Fitting In opens with two quotes, one by Mao Tse-tung: ‘All is chaos under the heavens, the ... Read More
George’s town pt. 2June 14, 2019
Artist’s Statement ‘George’s town pt. 2’ explores distance, diaspora, and the hidden truths of familial betrayal and the taste of disappointment. Footage from a trip to Hong Kong in 2014 ... Read More
The Health Inspectors – Part One (Anthony Macris)February 12, 2018
(from an untitled novel in progress) He lies on the worn lino of the living room floor, waiting for his favourite TV show to begin. The room is dark; he ... Read More