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Popular Fiction Competition
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The inaugural Popular Fiction Competition was conducted by Australian Voices in Print and the New South Wales Writers' Centre. First Prize was a publishing contract with Penguin and the author of the manuscript represented by Selwa Anthony. Second prize was a 20-hour mentorship with a writer and third prize a 10-hour mentorship. The competition was open to all unpublished popular fiction writers of any age. All entrants had to be members of the NSW Writers Centre.  

Notes

  • The Popular Fiction Competition is jointly sponsored by Australian Voices in Print and the NSW Writers' Centre's and is awarded for an unpublished popular fiction manuscript by an unpublished author. The competition was 'established in 2003 to promote new Australian authors and provide an opportunity for publication in a difficult market for an unknown author to enter.'

    (Source: NSW Writers' Centre website, http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au/fictioncomp.html)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2003

inaugural winner y separately published work icon Fat, Fifty and F***ed! Geoff McGeachin , Camberwell : Penguin , 2004 Z1080889 2004 single work novel humour

'Martin Carter is having a crook day. His home life's a misery, he's been retrenched by the bank and everyone's forgotten his birthday. But a million-dollar payroll, a pistol, and a split-second decision change everything. Hurtling north on a motorcycle with the intriguing Faith, Martin encounters a mysterious hit-man, a new-age bikie gang, a reclusive media mogul, and the booby-trapped mountain hideout of an old schoolmate. With Faith's help he learns about love again, along with some bitter truths about instant coffee, brown suede shoes, and the legendary Great Aussie Truck-stop Breakfast.' (Publication summary)
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