The CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry: Judges 2005

Judith Rodriguez (Convenor)
Judith Rodriguez has published numerous volumes of poetry and won many literary awards. Her books include Nu-Plastik Fanfare Red , Mudcrab at Gambaro's and Witch Heart . She has taught writing both in Australia and internationally and been a great advocate for Australian writers and writing. In 1994 she was awarded an Order of Australia for services to literature.

Alison Croggon
Alison Croggon writes poetry, prose, criticism and texts for theatre. Her books of poetry include This is the Stone, The Blue Gate and Mnemosyne. Awards include the Anne Elder and Dame Mary Gilmore Prizes. Her theatre texts have been produced by companies across Australia. She was the 2000 Australia Council writer in residence at Cambridge University, UK, and edits the webzine Masthead.

Rodney Hall
Rodney Hall has twice won the Miles Franklin Award for Just Relations in 1982 and The Grisly Wife in 1994. He has been three times nominated for the Booker Prize, and Captivity Captive was the winner of the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 1989. His book are available in half a dozen translations, as well as English editions in the UK and USA.