Honoring HA Hodge
Carapace magazine is to honour poet Hugh Hodge with a Slug Award at a poetry and music event at Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville on the 29th of October 2009. The award consists of a cash prize and a silver medal designed by Michael Cope. The award it to recognise Hugh’s selfless enthusiasm for and promotion of other poets and poetry. Previous recipients of Slug awards include: Patrick Cullinan, Evelyn John Holtzhausen, Helen Moffett, Marc Glaser, Ingrid Jonker (Trust), Niki Daly, Richard Murphy, Ingrid de Kok, Sujata Bhat, Margo Wallace and Moira Lovell. Tatamkhulu Africa and Simon Winter won medals for poems published in Slugnews.
Karapaks 6 will be launched at the same time. Further information to follow.
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