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Two Winners of Merlyn Myer Biography Stipends
Awards of $50,000 each have been granted to Thornton McCamish and Geordie Williamson, the first recipients of the recently inaugurated Merlyn Myer Biography Stipends. Thestipends are an initiative of the Sidney Myer Fund.They were established to honour ... |
17/06/2013 6:36:53 PM |
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Two Winners for Environment Award for Children's Literature 2013
The Last Dance by Sally Morgan won the pre-school category in the Wilderness Society's 2013 Environment Award for Children's Literature. Guest judge Jackie French said the 'beautifully illustrated' book was 'another in a long series of books about ... |
11/06/2013 10:41:08 AM |
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Environment Award for Children's Literature 2013
The Wilderness Societyhas announced the shortlist for its 2013Environment Award for Children's Literature. Each year, the award honours books for children that promote a sense of caring and responsibility for the environment. The winners of the prize are ... |
04/06/2013 4:26:16 PM |
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Val Vallis Award Open for Entries
Arts Queensland has opened nominations for two poetry awards for unpublished work. Named after Queensland poet and former UQ lecturerVal Vallis, (pictured, at left) the Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry will be awarded for a poem, or suite of poems, ... |
07/05/2013 8:15:33 AM |
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Blake Prize for Poetry - Submissions Open
The 2013 Blake Poetry Prize is now accepting entries. Presented by the NSW Writers’ Centre and the Blake Society, the $5,000 Prize is named for visionary artist and poet William Blake. The prize was established to give Australian poets new ... |
22/04/2013 8:07:23 AM |
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Australian Shadows Awards Winners 2012 Announced
The Australian Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2012 Australian Shadows Awards. The Shadows are awarded to the stories and collections that best typify the horror genre, 'delivering a sense of "creeping dread", leaving ... |
18/04/2013 7:51:00 AM |
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Carrie Tiffany Wins Inaugural Stella Prize
Carrie Tiffany's novel Mateship with Birds is the inaugural winner of the Stella Prize. The prize is a major new literary award celebrating Australian women's writing. As the winner, Tiffany (pictured, at left) received $50,000 in prize money, of which ... |
17/04/2013 10:32:33 AM |
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Submissions Open for Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize
TheBruce Dawe National Poetry Prizeis now accepting submissions. Poets have until 30 June to enter for the award, worth $2,000 this year, up from last year's $1,500.Dawe (pictured at left) is one of Australia's most acclaimed contemporary poets. He said ... |
16/04/2013 11:39:20 AM |
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Kibble and Dobbie Award Longlists Announced
The longlists for this year’sKibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, which comprise two awards, presented annually, have been announced. The Kibble (worth $30,000 in 2013) recognises the work of an established Australian female writer while the ... |
12/04/2013 8:16:39 AM |
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A Week of Shortlists
While no longlisted Australian author made theInternational IMPAC Dublin Literary Awardshortlist, announced this week, Australians are in contention for other international prizes. Five first-time Australian novelists have beenshortlistedfor this ... |
11/04/2013 10:25:08 AM |
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New Literature Prize
The Australian Catholic University has created a new literature prize to continue the Catholic Church's tradition as a patron of the arts. In 2013 the Prize will be awarded to the entrant whose poem best conveys the theme of 'everyday immanence'. The ... |
10/04/2013 7:58:40 AM |
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Newcastle Poetry Prize - Submissions Open
TheNewcastle Poetry Prizeis open for submissions until 7 June. Coordinated by theHunter Writers Centre, the prize is one of Australia's oldest and richest literary prizes, celebrating its 32nd year in 2013. Mark Tredinnick has won the prize twice, in 2007 ... |
09/04/2013 7:58:01 AM |
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John Knight Memorial Poetry Prize
An unpublished poet will have the chance to get into print, courtesy of the newly established John Knight Memorial Poetry Manuscript Prize. The prize, for a poetry manuscript, honours the memory of John Knight, a former Queensland poet, editor and ... |
08/04/2013 8:32:13 AM |
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Shortlist for the Stella Prize Announced
The shortlist for the inaugural Stella Prize has been announced. Named after one of Australia’s most important female authors,Stella Maria Miles Franklin, the Stella Prize is a new literary award for Australian women's writing. It is worth $50,000. ... |
20/03/2013 12:03:46 PM |
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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Open For Entries
TheAustralian/Vogel Literary Awardis now open for submissions. This prize for an unpublished manuscript is one of Australia's richest, and is open only to writers under the age of 35. The winning author will be awarded $20,000 in prize money as well as ... |
15/03/2013 10:52:37 AM |
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Two Australians Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction
Australian authorsM. L. Stedman(The Light Between Oceans) andCarrie Tiffany(Mateship with Birds) have both beenlonglistedfor this year’sWomen&rs... |
13/03/2013 3:34:33 PM |
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Dangerously Poetic 2013 Byron Bay Writers' Festival Poetry Prize
'Ordinary miracles' is the theme for a new national poetry prize. Dangerously Poetic Press and the Byron Bay Writers' Festival are co-sponsoring the new prize, which will be awarded to the winning poet by prize judge Cate Kennedy at the Festival on 3 ... |
12/03/2013 9:47:21 AM |
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Cambodian Story Wins Writing Australia Award
Lucy Treloar is the winner ofWriting Australia's 2012Unpublished Manuscript Award. Treloar won $10,000 to further develop her manuscript, 'The Things We Tell Ourselves', for publication. Set in Cambodia, Treloar'smanuscripte... |
11/03/2013 8:55:52 AM |
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Shortlist for Peter Porter Poetry Prize announced
Nathan Curnow, Dan Disney, Amanda Johnson, John Kinsella, and John A. Scott are the five poets whose work has been shortlisted for this year'sPeter Porter Poetry Prize. The Prize isawarded annually by Australian Book Review, in honour of Porter (pictured, ... |
06/03/2013 9:33:11 AM |
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Longlist for ALS Gold Medal
The longlist for the 2013 ALS Gold Medal has been announced, with the shortlist to be announced on 18 March. The ALS Gold Medal, one of Australia's longest established literary awards, is presented annually by the Association for the Study of Australian ... |
27/02/2013 9:21:14 AM |