The Newcastle Poetry Prize New Media Award is a recent initiative to foster new directions in Australian Poetry.  Each year, the award is judged by a distinguished new media artist and poet and the winning entry published on the Newcastle Poetry Prize website.  The New Media Award carries a $2000 first prize.

2009 Winner

Click here to view Bibliophobia, the 2009 winning entry by father and son team, Rob and Ben Walker,

New Media Winners from 2006

2006 Philip Norton

2007 Rob Walker and Matt Walker

2008 Jason Nelson

2009 Rob Walker and Ben Walker

What is New Media?

A New Media poem can include text, images, sound, music and animation. It is created as a ‘flash’ upload document no larger than 5 megabytes.

Can teams enter New Media?

Yes. Collaborations are permitted between poets, flash designers and sound designers.