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I stand corrected, Deb, it's just beeen bumped up probably thanks to Gig Ryan, and problem of split award in 19997 when Emma Lew and Peter Porter got an ungenerous $ 500 each for sharing said August Prize. Musician looking for Union! ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Comerford <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: THE AGE POETRY PRIZE > Hi Hugh & all, > > Hugh wrote: > Pete Minter won the DJ O'Hearn Prize for Poetry, > Age Book of the Year Awards 2000. You only get > $1000 AUS so no one be too jealous, especially > as his partner has been very ill of late. > > The Age Poetry Prize is $10,000 not $1000 - still nothing to get jealous > over but plenty to celebrate and reason enough to send warm congratulations > to Pete! > > Anyone interested can read Gig Ryan's comments at: > http://www.theage.com.au/books/20000807/A54461-2000Aug7.html > > regards > deb > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%