The Australian Shadow Awards are given out annually by the Australian Horror Writers Association, but this is the first year they have included a poetry category. Individual poems are nominated rather than collections. This is in no small part the work of Danny Lovecraft,  who has been a tireless lobbyist for the form. Anyway, "Revenants of the Antipodes", my piece in the HWA Poetry Showcase V has been granted the natty little trophy.

My sincere thanks to everyone and apologies I could not make the award ceremony. "Revenants of the Antipodes" will be reprinted in my forthcoming collection from P'rea Press, The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities.