Judith Beveridge

Judith Beveridge (born 3 August 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award.

Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. She started her education at the Auburn North Public School in September 1961, and graduated in 1968 as dux (a title awarded to the student with best aggregate result over all subjects). Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. From 2003 until 2018, she taught creative writing at the University of Sydney and was poetry editor for Meanjin from 2005 to 2015, having previously edited Hobo and the Australian Arabic literature journal Kalimat.

Awards and nominations 1988 – Mary Gilmore Award for The Domesticity of Giraffes 1988 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for The Domesticity of Giraffes 1988 – Victorian Premier's Literary Award, C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry for The Domesticity of Giraffes 1997 – Wesley Michel Wright Prize 2003 – The Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize 2004 – Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Poetry Collection – Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Wolf Notes 2005 – winner of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal at the Mildura Writer's Festival 2013 – Christopher Brennan Award 2015 – Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2015 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry for Devadatta's Poems. 2019 – Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry for Sun Music 2023 – Australian Catholic University Prize for Poetry for "Two Houses" 2025 – Lifetime Achievement award, Creative Australia