TINA KANE
Created to remember Tina Kane, who had been for twenty years – as a 2014 citation of her noted – ‘a presence to rely on, engaging with writers, locals and visitors, making them feel welcome in the space she creates around herself, which is one of curiosity, intimacy and genuine good will.’ Tina was particularly welcoming to young and newly emergent writers, who often expressed their gratitude for her personal warmth and attention.
More about Tina Kane: tinakaneblog.wordpress.com

Previous winners are:

2021 Taonga Sendama
Link to 2021 livestream presentation
2020 Charlotte Guest
Link to 2020 livestream presentation
2019 Ellen van Neerven
2018 Louise Allen
2017 Natalie Harkin
​2016 Emily Bitto
 TAONGA SENDAMA
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SAM MORLEY
We are delighted to announce that Sam Morley is the 2022 recipient of the Tina Kane Emergent Writer Award. 
Sam Morley is a poet whose work has been published by a number
of journals including Cordite, Red Room Poetry, Canberra Times, The Australian, Overland, Westerly, Southerly, Plumwood Mountain, Takahe (NZ) and Antipodes (US) and has appeared on noted shortlists including the ACU Poetry Prize. He is the 2022 Tina Kane Emergent Writer and his debut poetry collection, Earshot, is due in July 2022 through Puncher and Wattmann.
​He lives in Melbourne.