June Shenfield was a poet, playwright and performance artist who lived and worked in Paris for much of her life. She wrote experimental, free verse poetry that was designed to be read aloud. In 1985, with her husband Ken Shepherd, she opened the first gallery and bookshop in France devoted to Australian art and writing.

The June Shenfield Poetry Award is an annual Australia wide, poetry prize established to commemorate poet June Shenfield and to encourage people to write, publish and read poetry.

The Award winners will be announced at the ACT Notable Awards Evening on Friday 29 July 2022.

SHORTLIST

• Armillaris by Claire Miranda Roberts (VIC)

• If I Put It in A Poem by Rosa O’Kane (ACT)

• In the Oxford book of ballads by Andrew Spiker (VIC)