Australia and Asia’s richest literary award launched
Australia and Asia’s richest literary award launched
The richest literary award in Australia and Asia has been launched by Premier Alan Carpenter.
Mr Carpenter said the inaugural Western Australian Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award, worth $110,000, had the power to excite and expand the State’s cultural horizons.
Read the Minister and Premier's statement
The award is open to any book-length work of literary fiction published in print or electronically - something recognizing the increasing predominance of electronic media, such as online and mobile phone formats.
The judging panel will consist of three renowned authors and literary experts drawn from some of the nominating countries. They include Pakistani born and multi-award winning author, Kamila Shamsie, author of ‘Kartography’ and ‘Broken Verses’ and Sri Lankan born, Hong Kong based columnist and founder of the ‘Asia Literary Review’, Nury Vittachi.
The $110,000 prize makes the Award the richest in the nation. Where the winning entry has been translated into English, the author will receive $88,000 and the translator $22,000.
The Award is open to works written by an author resident in Australia or Asia, or which are primarily set in Australia or an Asian country. Works must have been either written in, or translated into English and published in the preceding year.
Entries for the Award are now open and will close on 31 May, 2008.
Guidelines and Entry Form
- Western Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008 Rules and Entry Form (rtf)
- Western Australian Premier's Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008 Rules and Entry Form (pdf)
For further information or translations please email literaryawards@dca.wa.gov.au
Contact: Project Officer-Visual Arts, Craft and Literature
Phone: 9224 7300