I received this beautiful certificate from the Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia congratulating me on winning Commended in the 2025 Tom Collins Poetry Prize for my poem “Life Can”. Many thanks to Susan Cullen, President FAW WA.
“Life Can” is one of the pieces in my new collection “The Rub of Urban Life” to be published by Five Islands Press in 2027.
Happy daze.
Libby Sommer, Author 
Congratulations on this wonderful achievement! 🌟 Being commended in the 2025 Tom Collins Poetry Prize is a true testament to the power and resonance of your work. “Life Can” clearly struck a chord, and it’s exciting to know it will find a wider home in The Rub of Urban Life. Well deserved recognition—wishing you many more moments like this as your words continue to travel and inspire.
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Thank you so much for your very thoughtful words. Very much appreciated.
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Congratulations Libby. What a wonderful recognition of your work!
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Thank you so much, Peter. Yes, I am very grateful to have my work validated in this way. Happy happy 😊
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Congratulation, Libby! That is fantastic and it must feel amazing with such recognition.
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Yes, Annika. I am totally thrilled and delighted. So good when our hard work is validated.
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how wonderful congratulations, libby –
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Thank you, Beth. Yes, wonderful to get that recognition and validation of my work.
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