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2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners

Verity La September 6, 2019 Poetry

Queensland Poetry Festival’s Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its fifth year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers, Philip Bacon. All the paintings used in the competition …

THE BUILDING BLOCK BOY (Joe Davies)October 23, 2018
The room was large, high-ceilinged and poorly lit. There was a lamp on the desk and another beside the mattress in the corner, both were on, but the light they ... Read More
Fudgepackers (Daniel Young)August 5, 2016
“Fudgepackers!” said John, referring to our American corporate overseers. The spaceship-like Polycom phone had only just made a final crackle before falling silent, so my offence at him using that ... Read More
The Cry Room (Gaele Sobott)March 12, 2018
Birth I just slipped out she said. Like a slip of the tongue, slipshod, a slip stitch forever unknitted. I was born. Slippery, sibilant, small in the scheme of everyday ... Read More