Entries closed on 31 August for the Henry Lawson Society Wombat 2022 Poetry & Short Story Awards for Primary School children. The Society received over 80 entries, judged by well-known Melbourne children’s author Meredith Costain. Congratulations are extended to all students who entered the competition. The following prize winners received a certificate, cash and a …
Beyond Lawson is an anthology of poetry by some of Australia’s finest contemporary bush poets. The poems included in the anthology have been written in response to works of Lawson. This collector’s edition of Australian poetry ws launched on 3 September 2022 at the Eureka Hall, Ballarat. Soft copies ($20 + $10.55P&H) and a limited …
To commemorative a century since the death of Henry Lawson, the HLM&LS has arranged to have a medallion cast to mark this special year. On one side of the medallion is an image of Henry Lawson with the words ‘Henry Lawson The People’s Poet (1867-1922)’ and on the reverse are the words ‘I was born …