Rob Wallis is a poet living in Central Victoria, Australia.

His poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. He has won the John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award, the Castlemaine Poetry Competition, the W.B Yeats Poetry Prize(Melbourne), Second Prize in the MPU International Poetry Competition and has twice won the Martin Downey Urban Realism Award in the same competition. He has also been short listed for the Fish Publishing International Poetry Competition (Dublin) and the Bridport Prize(UK).

His sixth collection of poetry, 'Down Rainbow Road. New and Selected Poems' will be published by Clouds of Magellan Press in 2021

When not writing poetry, Rob enjoys gardening, classical music, bridge, walking and table tennis.



   R O B  W A L L I S  P O E T R Y
A B O U T  R O B
H O M E P U B L I C A T I O N S P O E M S A W A R D S C O N T A C T
Snow White dipped
her apple into cyanide
took a bite

From 'Alan Turing'
(An Elegant Sufficiency)                                                                                    

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Recent Achievments

1.  ‘Lost City’ (First Prize) and ‘The Whispering Hours’ have been published in The Hedge School, a collection of poems from the 2019 W.B Yeats Poetry Prize, Australia.

2. "Actor" has been Long Listed in the Fish Publishling International Poetry Competition, 2022

3.‘The Parkinson’s Enigma’ and ‘Milawa Church’ have been long listed in the Fish Publishing International Poetry Competition, 2021.

4. 'The Whispering Hours' has been Commended in the MPU International Poetry Competitions, 2020

5. 'Percy Haynes Has A Rare Win' and 'A Policeman's Report' have been published in 'Kiss My Apocalypse' Bent Street 4.2., 2020

6. "Priest" was Runner-Up in the VE/Woorilla Poetry Prize 2020.

7. 'Social Swimmer' was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, UK, 2020.

8.' Life with Mr. Parkinson' was shortlisted in the ACU Poetry Prize and has been published in 'Generosity, 2020 ACU Prize for Poetry' 2020.

9. 'asleep in my arms' was published  in 'Love from a Distance' Bent Street 4.1, 2020.

10. 'Levity And Gravity' was published in The Mozzie, 2020

11. 'Lost City' has won the 2020 W.B.Yeats Poetry Prize .

12. 'Blind Side' has been shortlisted in the 2020 Fish Publishing International Petry Competition.

13. 'The Blue Trailer' was shortlisted for the 2019 ACU Prize for Poetry and was published in a chapbook with the same name

14. 'Lost City', Highly Commended, 2019 PAVE/Woorilla Poetry Prize, and was published in the chapbook with the same name

15. 'Dancing With Al Bowlly' published in the 'The Sky Falls Down, An Anthology Of Loss'. Editors Terry Whitebeach and Gina Mercer, 2019.

16. 'Seascape'. Long Listed, Fish Publishing International Poetry Competition, Dublin 2019.

17.  'The Bard's Comic Inspiration'. published in The Mozzie 2019