ACT Writers Centre Awards
The 2011 Award winners and highly commended entrants were announced at the 2011 ACT Writers Centre Christmas party, held on 14 December at Olims Hotel, Braddon. It is worth noting that several entries were not eligible for the award they were entered in, due to the date of publication. It's important to pay close attention to entry conditions before entering a competition or award.
To read the judges' comments on the winning and highly commended entries, visit www.actwriters.org.au/awards/judgescomments.shtml
The ACT Writing and Publishing Award
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Poetry section
- Winner: Michael Byrne for A Man of Emails.
Non-fiction section
- Winner: Graeme Barrow for Who Lied? The Ly-ee-moon Disaster and a Question of Truth.
- Highly Commended: Alex McGoldrick for A Memoir of Arabia.
Fiction section
- Winner: Kaaron Warren for Dead Sea Fruit.
- Highly Commended: Ian Rae for Rough End of the Stick.
There were not enough eligible entries to present a Children's Book award for 2011.
The Z4 Wines Award for Book Reviewing
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- Winner: Stephen Wilks, for his review of The Penguin Book of the Ocean edited by James Bradley, which was entitled 'Swell assortment' and published in The Canberra Times on December 26, 2010.
The Z4 Wines Award for Restaurant Reviewing
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There were not enough eligible entries to present a Restaurant Reviewing award for 2011.
The Michael Thwaites Poetry Award
- Winner: Jane Vaughan Donnelly for Views.
- Highly Commended: Farzaneh Edraki for Listening to Billie Holiday; Sandra Renew for Shiver; and Sarah Rice for Muse.
The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
Established by Don McInnis to honour the life of his wife Marjorie, a short story writer
- Winner: Robyn Cadwallader for The Day for Travelling.
- Highly Commended: Manik Datar for As I am a teller of tales and Maeve Castles for Reflection.
Enquiries: (02) 6262 9191 or admin(at)actwriters.org.au
