The winners of The Proverse Prize 2023 were announced at the Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 Nov 2024. The winners were Michael Witts for his poetry collection Some Dualities, Matthew Wong-Foreman for his novel Sunset at Lion Rock and Stewart McKay for his debut novella The Ballad of Billy Lopez.

The winners of The Proverse Poetry Prize 2024 were Zuo Fei (1st place), Vanessa Page (2nd place), Vinita Agrawal, Garry Beumier, Candice Deleveaux-Turnquest, and Terry Miller (Joint 3rd place).

WINNERS OF A PLACE IN THE PROVERSE POETRY PRIZE ANTHOLOGY 2024 Mingled Voices 9: Vinita Agrawal; Joy Al-Sofi; Velibor Baćo; Shikha Bansal; Gary Beaumier; Alan Bern; Maria Elena Blanco; Gavin Bourke; Anne Casey; A.P.Y. Chan; Lauriane Chappé∙ Carol Flake Chapman; William Leo Coakley; Suzanne Cottrell; Candice Deleveaux-Turnquest; Neil Douglas;  Harrison Ekeblad; Aidyn Fitzpatrick; Dean Gessie; Casey Hampton; Alani Hicks-Bartlett; Sadie Kaye; Emma Lee; Lynda McKinney Lambert; Michael Leibowitz; Sharon E. Ludan; Wayne Paul Mattingly; Terry Miller; Brittany Mishra; Daniel Thomas Moran; Tanusha Nagrath; Denise O’Hagan; Helen Oliver; Rena Ong; Jun Pan (Janice); Anna Quercia-Thomas; Joanna Radwańska-Williams; kerry Rawlinson; Anna Marie Ray; M. Ann Reed; Vinni Relwani; Sandra Renew; Paris Rosemont; Halil Suat Sarac; Allegra Jostad Silberstein; Wesley D. Sims; Hayley Solomon; Abbie Johnson Taylor; Luisa Ternau; Edward A. Tiesse; Denise Tsik; Roger Uren; Deepa Vanjani; Kewayne Wadley; Anson Honghua Wang; Heru Wang; George Watt; Michael Witts; Cay Ziter; Zuo Fei.

Five books were launched at the event: The Ballad of Billy Lopez by Stewart McKay, Sunset at Lion Rock by Matthew Wong Foreman, Some Dualities by Michael Witts, The Water Garden by Vernon L. Anley, and The Grammar of Self by George Watt.

Thank you to broadcaster Sadie Kaye for emceeing at a moment’s notice, our honoured guests, and everyone who attended and contributed to this event. We truly appreciate and value your support.

Please take a moment to read our press release about the event. We look forward to welcoming you to our Spring Reception at the Helena May in April, where more books and our anthology Mingled Voices 9 will be launched.