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History
The Banjo Paterson Writing Awards have been conducted annually since 1991. They are an initiative of Central West Libraries, in New South Wales. As of 2013, the award categories are: Prose or Short Story, Open Poetry, Bush Poetry, and also a Children's Writing Award.
2012 winners are listed on the Central West Libraries' web site.
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The Award was first held in 1991 to honour Banjo Paterson 'a great Australian writer and favourite son of Orange' and to encourage the writing of prose and poetry with Australian content. One award was presented in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Two categories, Prose and Open Poetry were introduced in 1994 with a third, Comic Poetry in 1997. There was no award for Comic Poetry in 2002. The Comic Poetry category was renamed Bush Poetry in 2003. The Award is administered by the Orange City Library. There is a separate competition for children 16 years and under.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2023
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Year: 2022
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Year: 2021
joint winner (Short Story) James Page with Sagamba Muhira for 'Out of Africa'. Prize shared with Carmel Lillis for 'Laughing with Children'. Judges noted: 'Moving and powerful in its simplicity, this story tells the tale of one man's experience of war and devastating ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his eventual resettlement, with his sister, as refugees in Queensland. [...] It is a testament to the author's skill that they have accomplished all this - such a sweep of the personal and the universal - in so few words.'joint winner (Short Story) Sagamba Muhira with James Page, for 'Out of Africa'. Prize shared with Carmel Lillis for 'Laughing with Children'. Judges noted: 'Moving and powerful in its simplicity, this story tells the tale of one man's experience of war and devastating ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his eventual resettlement, with his sister, as refugees in Queensland. [...] It is a testament to the author's skill that they have accomplished all this - such a sweep of the personal and the universal - in so few words.'joint winner (Short Story) Carmel Lillis Prize shared with James Page and Sagamba Muhira for 'Out of Africa'. -
Year: 2020
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Year: 2019
Works About this Award
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Litbits 2002 single work column
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 23 June 2002; (p. 54) -
Oh, Happy Day 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Live at Don Bank : Live Poets' Society Anthology no.2 1993; (p. 19-21)
