The Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award is an exciting
initiative presented for the first time in 2012. Ekphrasis is a genre of
poetry that explores works of art—usually paintings, photographs, or
statues. Ekphrastic poetry seeks to interpret or ‘get inside’ its visual
subject.
Poets are invited to respond to one or more of twelve artworks
selected from the Nillumbik Shire Council Visual Art Collection. Each
poem must be no longer than twelve lines, and may be in any genre of
poetry. The twelve artworks will be exhibited...
