T. A. G. Hungerford Award
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The T. A. G. Hungerford Award is a biennial Australian literary award, first established in 1998. The award is to encourage new writers from Western Australia
who have not previously been published in book form.
Nominations are accepted for the award. Winners receive $6,000 in cash from New Edition Bookshop and a publishing contract with Fremantle Arts Centre Press. For nominations for the award, the guidelines and entry form are found at the WritingWA website.
The Award has been named in honour of Tom Hungerford (b 1915, d 2011) a prominent Western Australian writer.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
who have not previously been published in book form.
Nominations are accepted for the award. Winners receive $6,000 in cash from New Edition Bookshop and a publishing contract with Fremantle Arts Centre Press. For nominations for the award, the guidelines and entry form are found at the WritingWA website.
The Award has been named in honour of Tom Hungerford (b 1915, d 2011) a prominent Western Australian writer.
Award winners
- 2008: Natasha Lester, What is Left Over, After
- 2006: Alice Nelson, In Arcadia
- 2004: Donna Mazza, The Albanian
- 2002: Nathan Hobby, The FurThe Fur (novel)The Fur is a science fiction novel by author Nathan Hobby, published in 2004 after winning the 2002 T. A. G. Hungerford Award for unpublished new writers.- Plot summary :...
- 2000: Christopher Murray, A Whispering Fish
- 1995: Bruce Russell, Jacob's Air
- 1993: Simone LazarooSimone LazarooSimone Lazaroo is an Australian author. Born in Singapore, she migrated with her family to Western Australia as a young child. Her background is Eurasian. She lives in Fremantle, Western Australia and teaches Creative Writing at Murdoch University....
, The World Waiting to be Made - 1991: Gail JonesGail JonesGail Jones is an Australian novelist and academic.-Early life and career:Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia and educated at the University of Western Australia...
, The House of Breathing - 1990: Brenda WalkerBrenda WalkerBrenda Walker is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. She is now Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia...
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Shortlisted authors
- 2006: Varnya Bromilow, Deb Fitzpatrick and Alice Nelson