Previous Winners of The Proverse Prize
Rebecca Tomasis for her novel Mishpacha – Family
Laura Solomon for her young adult novella Instant Messages
Gillian Jones for her novel A Misted Mirror
David Diskin for his novel The Village in the Mountains
Peter Gregoire for his novel, Article 109
Sophronia Liu for her collection of sketches A Shimmering Sea
Birgit Linder for her illustrated poetry collection Shadows in Deferment
James McCarthy for his biography, The Diplomat of Kashgar
Philip Chatting for his short story collection The Snow Bridge and Other Stories
Celia Claase for her essay and poetry collection The Layers Between
Lawrence Gray for his novel Adam’s Franchise
Gustav Preller for his novel Curveball: Life Never Comes at You Straight
Ivy Ngeow for her novel Cry of the Flying Rhino
Chi-shun Feng for his novel Three Wishes in Bardo
D.J. Hamilton for his poetry collection The Hummingbird Sometimes Flies Backwards
J.P. Linstroth for his poetry collection Epochal Reckonings
Jack Mayer for his poetry collection Poems from the Wilderness
George Watt for his novel The Finley Confession
Paola Caronni for her poetry collection Uncharted Waters
Vinita Agrawal for her poetry collection Twilight Language
Dami Jung for her novel Jane, Frank and Mia
Previous Winners of Supplementary Prizes (Publication)
The following Proverse Prize entrants received supplementary prizes of publication by Proverse (year of publication in brackets):
Akin Jeje for Smoked Pearl: Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond (2010)
Jason S Polley for his poetry collection Refrain (2010)
Rupert Kwan Yun Chan for his autobiography Chocolate’s Brown Study in the Bag (2011)
Emily Ho for her Memoirs of an Ice-Cream Lady (2011)
Lelawattee Manoo-Rahming for Immortelle and Bhandaaraa Poems (2011)
L.W. Illsley for his young adult epic poem Astra and Sebastian (2011)
Sally Dellow for her poetry collection Wonder Wonder, Lust & Itchy Feet (2011)
Laura Solomon for her novel Hilary and David (2011)
Jason S Polley for Cemetery Miss You (2011)
Patricia W. Grey for her novel Death has a Thousand Doors (2011)
Dennis Wong for his novel Revenge From Beyond (2011)
Victor E. Apps for his young adult novella The Perilous Passage of Princess Petunia Peasant (2012)
Shahilla Shariff for her poetry collection Life-Lines (2012)
James Norcliffe for his poetry collection Shadow Play (2012)
Laura Solomon for her novella Vera Magpie (2012)
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas for her poetry collection Chasing Light (2013)
James Tam for his novel Man’s Last Song (2013)
Lawrence Gray for his collection of short stories Odds and Sods (2013)
Laura Solomon for her young adult novella University Days (2014)
Jupy James for her picture book Hazel Brown: A Very Special Vet (2014)
Jan Pearson for her novel Red Bird Summer (2014)
Andrew Guthrie for his poetry collection Alphabet (2015)
Jan Pearson for her novel Tiger Autumn (2015)
Henrik Hoeg for his poetry collection Irreverent Poems for Pretentious People (2016)
Jan Pearson for her novel Black Tortoise Winter (2016)
Hayley Ann Solomon for her poetry collection Celestial Promise (2017)
Damon Rose for his novel The Handover Murders (2018)
Hayley Ann Solomon for Under the Shade of the Feijoa Trees and Other Stories (2018)
Wayne Furlong for his memoirs Buddha is a Punk Skater (2018)
Sergio Monteiro for his novel Enoch’s Muse (2018)
Carolina Ilica for her poetry collection Violet (English Translation from Romanian) (2019)
Peter Humphreys for his novel Hong Kong Rocks (2019)
Nicolas Binge for his novel Professor Everywhere (2020)
John Asome for his history book Coolie Ships of the Chinese Diaspora 1846-1874 (2020)
Liam Blackford for his poetry collection A Gateway Has Opened (2021)
Vishal Nanda for his poetry collection Please Stand Back From The Platform Door (2021)
Penelope Pelham West for her edition of nineteenth century Letters, London letters Home (2021)
Melody Kemp for her young adult novella Tree Crime (2022)
J.P. Linstroth for his mixed genre short story and poetry collection Swimming in Blue Shadows (2022)
Nikhil Parekh for his poetry collection Seeking Solace (2022)
Published Finalist
Sheng-Wei Wang for her alternative history book The Last Journey of the San Bao Eunuch, Admiral Zheng He
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