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Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award shortlist announced

12 February 2013   Books+Publishing
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Writing Australia has announced the shortlist for this year’s Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award.

The shortlisted manuscripts are:

  • The Great Divide (Rex Hunter)
  • In Camera Obscura (Chrissy Collins)
  • The Things We Tell Ourselves (Lucy Treloar).

 

The winner of this year’s award will be announced on 7 March. The winning writer will receive a cash prize of $10,000 as well as a mentorship worth $2000 to help develop the manuscript.

As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Hannah Kent won the inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award at the end of 2011 for her novel Burial Rites. Kent’s novel, which will be published by Picador in May, was the subject of a bidding war between major publishers in 2012.

To read about each of the shortlisted manuscripts, visit the Writing Australia website here.

 

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