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 winners

2004

  • 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[7]

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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

2007

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  • Poetry – Migrant writer on a bus, thinking of Kundera by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers (unpublished poem by an ACT writer) Andy Jackson (unpublished poem by an Australian writer)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

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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
    • Winner: Tracey Hawkins
  • 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
    • Winner: Michael Byrne
  • Z4 Award for book reviews
    • Winner: Colin Steele

2013

  • 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[12]
  • 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

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2014

  • 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

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2015

  • 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]
    • Winner: Louis Klee

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2016

  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
    • Winner: Building a City: CS Daley and the Story of Canberra by Jennifer Horsfield
    • Highly Commended: Paths into Inner Canberra by 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
  • 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: Shu-Ling Chua
    • Shortlisted: Grace Finlayson
    • Shortlisted: Leearni Hamilton
  • 2016 Judges

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2017

  • Fiction
    • Winner: The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren
    • Highly Commended: All the King's Men by Shane W. Smith
    • Highly Commended: Fabel by Tom Heffernan
  • Children's
    • Winner: Amazing Animals of Australia's National Parks by Gina Newton
    • Highly Commended: Australia Illustrated by Tania McCartney
  • June Shenfield Poetry Award
    • Winner: "third daughter" by Penny O'Hara
    • Winner: "Recycling" by Ella Jeffery
    • Highly Commended: "The Uses of a Shark" by Damen O'Brien
  • Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
    • Winner: "273" by Cherisse Kelly
    • Highly Commended: "The Secret Moons: by Frances Seymour
    • Highly Commended: "Intersection" by James Salvage
  • Anne Edgeworth Fellowship
    • Winner: Jemimah Cooper
    • Winner: Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern
    • Highly Commended: Ellen Harvey
    • Highly Commended: Kathryn Hind

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2018

  • Fiction
    • Winner: Paper Cuts: Comedic and satirical monologues for audition or performance by Kirsty Budding
  • Nonfiction
    • Winner: Verity by Robert Lehane
  • Children's
    • Winner: Trouble in Tune Town by Maura Pierlot
  • Poetry
    • Winner: A Constellation of Abnormalities by Paul Cliff
  • The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
    • Winner: Loyal Animals by Amanda McLeod
  • The June Shenfield Poetry Award
    • Winner: Incursion, Extinctions by Natalie Cooke
  • The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers
    • Winner: Gemma Killen

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2019

  • Fiction
    • Winner: Triumviratus by Shane Smith
    • Highly Commended: A Perfect Marriage by Alison Booth
    • Highly Commended: After She Left by Penelope Hanley
    • Highly Commended: Years of the Wolf by Craig Cormick
  • Nonfiction
    • Winner: Backseat Drivers by Craig Cormick
    • Highly Commended: Joe Baker by Angelika Erpic
    • Highly Commended: Fire at Sea: HMAS Westralia 1998 by Kathryn Spurling
  • Children's
    • Winner: Billie by Nicole Godwin and Demelsa Haughton
    • Winner: When Worlds Collide by Amy Laurens
  • Poetry
    • Winner: Things I’ve Thought to Tell You Since I Saw You Last by Penelope Layland
    • Highly Commended: Inlandia by Ka Nelson
  • The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
    • Winner: "Pig Headed" by Ron Schroer
    • Highly Commended: "Nobody's Home" by Sophie Campbell
    • Highly Commended: "The Shearer's Wife" by Elizabeth Egan
  • The June Shenfield Poetry Award
    • Winner: "Satan’s Brew" by Riahta Ranford
    • Highly Commended: "Last Lights On the Great Divide" by Simone King
    • Highly Commended: "Keeping My Wits About Me" by Rosalind Moran
  • The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers
    • Winner: Kellie Nissen
    • Highly Commended: Simone King
    • Highly Commended: Rebekka Leary
    • Highly Commended: Gemma Nethercote Way
  • 2019 Judges
    • Fiction: Kaaron Warren and Margaret Innes
    • Nonfiction: Amy Walters and Peter Papathansiou
    • Poetry: Hazel Hall and Merlinda Bobis
    • Children's Book: Tania McCartney and Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern
    • The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award: Beatrice Smith
    • The June Shenfield Poetry Award: Lucy Alexander

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2020

  • Fiction[23]
    • Winner: The Light Bearer by Andrew Einspruch
    • Highly Commended: A Tale of Stars and Shadow by Lisa Cassidy
    • Highly Commended: How Not To Acquire A Castle by Amy Laurens
    • Highly Commended: Into Bones like Oil by Kaaron Warren
  • Nonfiction[23]
    • Winner: Bandit Saints of Java by George Quinn
    • Highly Commended: Out of Order by Rob Donnelly
    • Highly Commended: Families in the Digital Age by Toni Hassan
  • Children's[23]
    • Winner: Fauna: Australia's Most Curious Creatures by Tania McCartney
    • Highly Commended: Leaping Lola by Tracey Hawkins and Anil Tortop
  • Poetry[23]
    • Winner: Acting Like a Girl by Sandra Renew
    • Highly Commended: blur by the by Cham Zhi Yi
    • Highly Commended: Catching the Light by Suzanne Edgar
  • The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award[23]
    • Winner: "Bygone" by Sophie Clews
    • Highly Commended: "The Navigators" by Mick Donaldson
    • Highly Commended: "Vertical" by Ian Hart
    • Highly Commended: "The Suitcase" by Deborah Huff-Horwood
  • The June Shenfield Poetry Award[23]
    • Winner: "Part of its trunk" by Elanna Herbert
    • Second Place: "Paper Daisies" by Carmel Summers
    • Third Place: "The Cleaning Woman" by Carla de Goede
  • The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship for Young Writers[23]
    • Winner: Natalie Cooke
    • Winner: Emilie Morscheck
  • 2020 Judges[23]
    • Fiction: Andrew Hutchinson and Leife Shallcross
    • Nonfiction: Helen Ennis and Patrick Mullins
    • Poetry: Andrew Galan and Eleanor Malbon
    • Children's Book: Leanne Barrett and Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern
    • The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award: Beatrice Smith
    • The June Shenfield Poetry Award: Judith Nangala Crispin and Scott-Patrick Mitchell

References

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  2. ↑ "Obituary - Anne Godfrey-Smith - Obituaries Australia". oa.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  3. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: June Shenfield Poetry Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  5. ↑ Austlit. "Michael Thwaites Poetry Award | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  6. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: Publishing Awards". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. ↑ "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards Winners (2004 + )". website. Libraries ACT. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Services, ACT Government; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=ACT Library and Information Services; Corporate=Territory and Municipal (2015-11-12). "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards". www.library.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  10. ↑ ACT Writers Centre
  11. ↑ "2011 ACT Writers Centre awards results". www.actwriters.org.au. ACT Writers Centre. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "'A celebration of words'". 2 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Winners, winners everywhere - Canberra CityNews". Canberra CityNews. 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  14. ↑ actwriterscentre (2014-12-17). "Winners of the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards". CAPITAL LETTERS. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  15. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  16. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: Anne Edgeworth Young Writers' Fellowship". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  17. ↑ actwriterscentre (2015-12-16). "ACT Writing and Publishing Award Winners". CAPITAL LETTERS. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  18. ↑ "ACT Writers Centre: June Shenfield Poetry Award". www.actwriters.org.au. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  19. ↑ actwriterscentre (2017-01-19). "2016 ACT Writing and Publishing Award Winners". CAPITAL LETTERS. Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  20. ↑ CityNews (2017-12-07). "Kaaron wins ACT's top fiction award". Canberra CityNews. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  21. ↑ "Monday musings on Australian literature: ACT's literary awards". Whispering Gums. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  22. ↑ Musa, Helen (2019-12-05). "Locals write some big wins in publishing awards". Canberra CityNews. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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