- List of winners 2004[7] 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011[11] 2012 2013[12] 2014[13] 2015[14] 2016[17]
- References
- External links
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).[2] The June Shenfield Poetry Award is for an emerging Australian poet, and is awarded in collaboration with Demos Journal.[3] 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.[4] The Michael Thwaites Poetry Award was previously known as the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Award.[5] The Publishing awards span four categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books.[6] List of winners2004[7]- 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 [8]
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 & "Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview" By [https://donnamareehanson.com Donna Maree Hanson]
- 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 [9]
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- Poetry – Migrant writer on a bus, thinking of Kundera by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers (unpublished poem by an ACT writer) Andy Jackson (unpublished poem by an Australian writer)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[10]
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
2011[11]- Non-fiction – Who Lied? The Ly-ee-moon Disaster and a Question of Truth by Graeme Barrow
- Fiction – Dead Sea Fruit by Kaaron Warren
- Poetry – A Man of Emails by Michael Byrne
- Children's – (not awarded)
- Short story – The Day for Travelling by [https://robyncadwallader.com/ Robyn Cadwallader]
2012 - Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award 2012
- Winner: Paper Cranes by Rachael Rippon
- Highly Commended: Fiona Hamer
- Michael Thwaites Poetry Award 2012
- Winner: Isi Unikowski
- Highly Commended: Monica Carroll
- Children's Book category
- Nonfiction Book category
- Winner: Irma Gold
- Highly Commended: Ann Villiers
- Highly Commended: Alan Foskett
- Fiction Book Category
- Winner: Nigel Featherstone
- Highly Commended: Irma Gold
- Highly Commended: Elizabeth Egan
- Poetry Book Category
- Z4 Award for book reviews
2013[12] - Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award 2013
- Winner: This Square Called a Ring by Monica Carroll
- Highly Commended:
- Breath by Michelle Brock
- Feather-light by Claire Delahunty
- Michael Thwaites Poetry Award 2013
- Winner: Ode to a Toothbrush by Penny O'Hara
- Highly Commended:
- After Nights by Claire Delahunty
- An Untimely Death by Rebecca Fleming
- Nonfiction Book Category
- Winner: Canberry Tales: An Informal History (Arcadia) by G.A. Mawer
- Highly Commended: Leaving the Rest Behind: An Immigrant’s Story by Ann Nugent
- Fiction Book Category
- Winner: Through Splintered Walls (Twelfth Planet Press) by Kaaron Warren
- Highly Commended:
- I’m Ready Now (Blemish Books) by Nigel Featherstone
- Provocation (Arcadia) by Donald McMaster
- Poetry Book Category
- Winner: First…Then… (Ginninderra Press) by Melinda Smith
- Highly Commended:
- The Love Procession (Ginninderra Press) by Suzanne Edgar
- In Country (Bat Trang Road Press) by Leon Trainor
- Children's Book Category
- Co-winner: Sarah’s Song (A Tiny Publication) by Tanya Davies
- Co-winner: My Aunt Ate a Plate (Starry Night Publishing) by Maree Teychenne
- Z4 Award for book reviews
- Winner: Duncan Driver’s review of Martin Amis’s novel Lionel Asbo: State of England
- Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young ACT Writers
- Brian Obiri-Asare to produce his play In Between the Solitude of Sunburnt Islands
2014[13] - Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award 2014
- Winner: ‘A White Woman in Ōjin’ by Ashley Thomson
- Highly Commended:
- ‘Hooking In by Christine Kearney
- ‘The Loose Thread and the Sterile Needles’ by Cara Lennon
- ‘The Garden House’ by Alison O’Hara
- Michael Thwaites Poetry Award 2014
- Winner: ‘Stilettos’ by Robyn Lance
- Highly Commended:
- ‘Calling me in’ by Susan McGrath
- ‘Jack and Jill’ by Gregory A Gould
- ‘Implausible Birds’ by Kavya Robinson
- Nonfiction Book Category
- Winner: 18 Days – Al Jazeera English and the Egyptian Revolution (Editia) by Scott Bridges
- Highly Commended:
- Meat Pies and Mumbling Blokes – A Canberra Memoir (Ginninderra Press) by Margitta Acker
- Australian Eagles: Australians in the Battle of Britain (Barrallier Books) by Kristen Alexander
- Fiction Book Category
- Winner: The Happiness Jar (Storytorch Press) by Samantha Tidy
- Highly Commended: Round and Round by Jordan Morris
- Poetry Book Category
- Winner: The Petrov Poems ( Pitt Street Poetry) by Lesley Lebkowicz
- Highly Commended:
- Improving the News (Pitt Street Poetry) by Geoff Page
- Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call (Pitt Street Poetry) by Melinda Smith
- Extravagance (Ginninderra Press) by Irene Wilkie
- Children's Book Category
- Winner: An Aussie Year (Exisle Publishing) by Tania McCartney
- Highly Commended:
- The Very Sad Fish-lady by Joy McDonald
- A Lion, a Whale and a Flea by Maree Teychenne
- Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young ACT Writers
- Winners: Zoya Patel and Lisa Fuller
2015[14] - Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award[15] 2015
- Winner: Torvald's Year by C.H. Pearce
- Highly Commended: Frozen Stiff by Elizabeth Egan
- Highly Commended: Now and Then by Jennifer Hand
- Michael Thwaites Poetry Award 2015
- Winner: Ode to a Papermate Inkjoy 100 by Penny O'Hara
- Highly Commended: Winter evening on the Monaro by Laurence Anderson
- Highly Commended: Action (Bus Route 2) by Sarah Rice
- Highly Commended: Memorabilia by Michelle Brock
- Z4 Review Writing Award 2015
- Winner: Excavate by Shu-Ling Chua
- Publishing Awards: Fiction Category
- Winner: Uncle Adolf by Craig Cormick
- Highly Commended: Capital Yarns by Sean Costello
- Publishing Awards: Nonfiction Category
- Winner: Australia's Few and the Battle of Britain by Kristen Alexander
- Highly Commended: The Pearl King by Robert Lehane
- Publishing Awards: Children's Fiction Category
- Winner: Midnight Burial by Pauline Deeves
- Highly Commended: Tottie and Dot by Tania McCartney
- Publishing Awards: Poetry Category
- Winner: Fire in the Afternoon by John Stokes
- Highly Commended: The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry by P. S. Cottier and Tim Jones
- Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers[16]
2016[17] - Fiction
- Winner: Cranky Ladies of History edited by Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely
- Highly Commended: Olmec Obituary (Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth series) by L.J.M. Owen
- Highly Commended: Undad by Shane W. Smith
- Nonfiction
- Winner: Building a City: CS Daley and the Story of Canberra by Jennifer Horsfield
- Highly Commended: Paths into Inner Canberra by [https://pscottier.com/about-and-how-to-find-my-books/ P.S. Cottier]
- Highly Commended: Australian Predators of the Sky by Penny Olsen
- Highly Commended: Weekend Warriors: A Funny Side by James Sanderson
- Children's
- Winner: Horace the Baker’s Horse by Jackie French, illustrated by Peter Bray
- Highly Commended: Lennie the Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony by Stephanie Owen Reeder
- Highly Commended: This is Captain Cook by Tania McCartney, illustrated by Christina Booth
- Poetry
- Winner: Deep in the Valley of Tea Bowls by Kathy Kituai
- Highly Commended: Ripples Under the Skin by Janette Pieloor
- The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award 2016
- Winner: 'Sandman by Ron Schroer
- Second Place: ‘Roadwork Ahead’ by Greg Burgess
- Highly Commended: ‘Fight or Flight’ by Isabelo Gacusan
- Highly Commended: ‘The Abject Redemption of Athalie Roche’ by Erin Prothero
- The June Shenfield Poetry Award[18]
- Winner: ‘Ghost’ by Hessom Razavi
- Second Place: ‘Tumbleweed’ by Daniel Hutley
- Second Place: ‘White Lilac (For Deb)’ by Saaro Umar
- Highly Commended: ‘brontebright’ by Samuel Guthrie
- Highly Commended: ‘My Grandmother’s Language’ by Nadia Niaz
- Highly Commended: ‘The Lumber Room’ by Stephen Smithyman
- The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers
- Winner: Rosanna Stevens
- Shortlisted: [https://hellopollyanna.blogspot.com.au/p/about.html Shu-Ling Chua]
- Shortlisted: Grace Finlayson
- Shortlisted: Leearni Hamilton
- 2016 Judges
- Fiction: Karen Viggers & Craig Cormick
- Nonfiction: Biff Ward & Kristen Alexander
- Poetry: Geoff Page & Andrew Galan
- Children's Book: Tracey Hawkins & K.J. Taylor
- The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award: Kaaron Warren
- The June Shenfield Poetry Award: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, Ann Shenfield & Holly Zhangthe
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External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831195402/https://actwriters.org.au/competitions/winners%202005%20publishing%20awards.htm Judges Comments from the 2006 Awards]
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