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]

The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship is for an emerging ACT region writer, and commemorates Anne Edgeworth (also known as Anne Godfrey-Smith).

The June Shenfield Poetry Award is for an emerging Australian poet, and is awarded in collaborated with Demos Journal.[2]

The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award is for an emerging ACT region writer. It was established to commemorate the late short story writer Graber-McInnis, who lived in Canberra.[3]

The Michael Thwaites Poetry Award was previously known as the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Award.[4]

The Publishing awards span four categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books.[5]

List of winners

2004[6]

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011[10]

2012

2013[11]

2014[12]

2015[13]

2016[16]

References

  1. 1 2 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, ACT Writer's Centre Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "ACT Writers Centre: June Shenfield Poetry Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  3. "ACT Writers Centre: Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. Austlit. "Michael Thwaites Poetry Award | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. "ACT Writers Centre: Publishing Awards". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  6. Services, ACT Government; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=ACT Library and Information Services; Corporate=Territory and Municipal (2015-11-12). "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards". www.library.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  7. "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards Winners (2004 + )". website. Libraries ACT. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  8. Canberra Writers Celebrated by Gia Metherell, Canberra Times, 14 Dec 2007
  9. ACT Writers Centre
  10. "2011 ACT Writers Centre awards results". www.actwriters.org.au. ACT Writers Centre. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  11. "Winners, winners everywhere - Canberra CityNews". Canberra CityNews. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  12. actwriterscentre (2014-12-17). "Winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards". CAPITAL LETTERS. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  13. actwriterscentre (2015-12-16). "ACT Writing and Publishing Award Winners". CAPITAL LETTERS. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  14. "ACT Writers Centre: Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  15. "ACT Writers Centre: Anne Edgeworth Young Writers’ Fellowship". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  16. actwriterscentre (2017-01-19). "2016 ACT Writing and Publishing Award Winners". CAPITAL LETTERS. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  17. "ACT Writers Centre: June Shenfield Poetry Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
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