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Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers
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The John Marsden & Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers
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John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers
Subcategory of
Express Media Awards
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History
'Presented by Express Media, The John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers is open to poets, short fiction writers and novelists under twenty-five. It has been running since 2004 and is judged by John Marsden himself. All winners are published in Voiceworks or on the Express Media website, and share in a $5500 prize. The closing date is in August each year. ' (www.melbournebooks.com.au/awaw2011contents.html#jj)
On 1 July 2020, The John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers was renamed the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers.
Notes
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Inaugurated in 2005.
Subcategories
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Works About this Award
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The Real Gains of Literary Competitions 2009 single work column
— Appears in: ACTWrite , August vol. 15 no. 7 2009; (p. 19)