Kingshott Cassidy Poetry Award

The Kingshott Cassidy Poetry Award is a scholarship maintained by a bequest from the estate of Dorothy Susan Cassidy. It supports undergraduate students at the University of Queensland who demonstrate achievement in poetry. The scholarship is intended for students experiencing financial hardship and who meet the course requirements in poetry study.

First prize of at least A$10,000; second prize of at least A$5,000; one-year scholarship tenure.

Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at the University of Queensland, have completed at least two units of poetry courses, be able to demonstrate financial hardship, and must not have previously been awarded the scholarship.

Apply through the University of Queensland application portal (application link provided).