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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2023

winner (Professional) y separately published work icon The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness Matt Ottley , Orange : Dirt Lane Press , 2022 23827716 2022 single work novel 'The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness is an allegorical story of a boy's experience of psychosis, with mental illness represented as a fantastical tree whose flowers are ecstasy and whose fruit is unbearable sadness. Stunning drawings and paintings lead the reader through the boy's early discovery of his strangeness, his surrender to the disease (an all-consuming tree), the ensuing psychotic journey, and eventual self-acceptance. The recording of a full orchestral score composed by the author-illustrator accompany the book.' (Publication summary)
 

Year: 2011

winner (Non-professional) Alisa Krasnostein For Twelfth Planet Press.

Year: 2010

winner (Professional) Jonathan Strahan
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