ACT Writing and Publishing Awards
The ACT Writing and Publishing Awards are an Australian literary award presented by the ACT Writers Centre for the best books in the categories of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature written in the Canberra region. They have been awarded since 2004. The winners in each category receive a $500 prize.[1]
List of winners
2004
- Non-fiction – Huts in the Victorian Alps by Klaus Hueneke
- Fiction – You by Narelle Wickham
- Poetry – Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets by Geoff Page [2]
2005
- Non-fiction – Days of Innocents edited by Hilary Trotter
- Fiction – Trouble in the Garden by Peter Frankis
- Poetry – Unfinished Journey by Michael Thwaites
- Children's – The Year of the Mean Queen by Graeme Hume and Caroline Ambrus
2006
- Non-fiction – Unlocking History's Secrets by Graeme Barrow
- Fiction – The Grinding House by Kaaron Warren
- Poetry – Southbound by Michael Byrne
- Children's – Not Awarded [1]
2007
- Non-fiction – Men at Birth by David Vernon
- Fiction – Ghosts in the Helmet Trees by Rory Steele
- Poetry – Verbal Medicine by Tim Metcalf
- Children's – Secrets by Stephen Matthews [3]
2008
- Non-fiction – Rainbow by Jennifer Horsfield
- Fiction – Not a Flotation Device by Peter Frankis
- Poetry – " Migrant writer on a bus, thinking of Kundera" by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers (unpublished poem by an ACT writer) Andy Jackson (unpublished poem by an Australian writer)
- Children's –
2009
- Non-fiction – The Campbell Community by Alan Foskett
- Fiction – Smoke and mirrors by Kel Robertson
- Poetry – Sleeping Alone by Michael Thorley
- Children's – Butterscotch: Family and Friends by William Nevin Morison & Rebecca Dempsey
- Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award – Basant by Maryanne Khan[4]
2010
- Non-fiction – Capital Sailing: The history of the Canberra Yacht Club 1959–2009 by Alan Foskett
- Fiction – Hornet Bank by Gordon Reid
- Poetry – Before Afterwards by Leon Trainor
- Children's – (not awarded)
- Short story – "Acts of Kindness" by Jennifer Shapcott
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, ACT Writer's Centre
- ↑ "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards Winners (2004 + )". website. Libraries ACT. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ↑ Canberra Writers Celebrated by Gia Metherell, Canberra Times, 14 Dec 2007
- ↑ ACT Writers Centre