Wouldn’t it be good to even be on the shortlist for the prestigious award – Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
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Entries to the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are now open. The 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards mark 10 years of celebrating great Australian literature. Here are the details from the website. Entries close on Friday, June 2nd.
The 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are open for entries to Australian authors, poets, illustrators and historians for books published between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016.
Journals, magazines, websites, documentaries and other screen formats can be entered in the Australian history category.
The winner of each category—fiction, non-fiction, Australian history, poetry, young adult fiction and children’s fiction—is awarded $80,000 tax free. Shortlisted entries each awarded $5000 tax free.
Entries are sought each year for books of high literary merit, and in the case of the Prize for Australian History, scholarly accomplishment.
The book must be professionally edited and published. Digital books will be accepted only if they are also available in printed (bound) form.
You must be a citizen or permanent resident of Australia to enter the Awards. Non-book entries to the Australian history prize must be made by a registered Australian company.
All entrants are required to read the 2017 Guidelines below.
Entries for the 2017 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards close on Friday, 2 June 2017.
