BTG Studios

Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize

For six years, gosh! undertook the Project Management of The Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize. This involved the day-to-day administration for the Prize, staging the Award Ceremony, and co-ordinating material for the publication of the Prize anthology.

Day to day administration included:

• Writing press releases for. and advertising. the Prize
• Liaising with media, sponsors, the chairman, founder, judges, schools, entrants and the project team
• Overseeing the design and printing of promotional material and entry forms
• Maintaining a national data base of all schools, TAFES and universities
• Co-ordinating a national mailout
• Coding and processing entries, creating a database of, and corresponding with, all entrants
• Managing budgets
• Managing Federal Government grant reporting requirements

Staging the Award Ceremony involved:

• Managing the project team
• Liaising with the Taronga Foundation regarding the venue
• Co-ordinating AV and approving catering for the Award Ceremony
• Organizing travel and accommodation for VIP’s
• Overseeing design, printing and mailout of invitations for entrants, schools, media, government ministers, and dignitaries
• Producing a running order and managing the event and all parties on the day
• Liaising with and assisting media at the event
• Booking and managing photographers and filming of event
• Organizing prizes, trophies, and certificates for all entrants
• Organizing gifts for guest speakers and VIP’s

Co-ordinating material for the Prize anthology involved:

• Liaising with the publisher, editor, judges, chairman, designer, founder and entrants
• Transcribing all winning entries
• Collating, proofing and checking pagination of all material including illustrations, forwards, credits and poems
• Meeting publisher’s design and printing deadlines