MARION Book Awards
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]
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 [2]
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
- Non-fiction – Unlocking History's Secrets by Graeme Barrow
- Fiction – The Grinding House by Kaaron Warren
- Poetry – Southbound by Michael Byrne
- Children's – Not Awarded [1]
2007
- Non-fiction – Men at Birth by David Vernon
- Fiction – Ghosts in the Helmet Trees by Rory Steele
- Poetry – Verbal Medicine by Tim Metcalf
- Children's – Secrets by Stephen Matthews [3]
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- Poetry – " Migrant writer on a bus, thinking of Kundera" by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers (unpublished poem by an ACT writer) Andy Jackson (unpublished poem by an Australian writer)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[4]
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[5]
- Non-fiction – Who Lied? The Ly-ee-moon Disaster and a Question of Truth by Graeme Barrow
- Fiction – Dead Sea Fruit by Kaaron Warren
- Poetry – A Man of Emails by Michael Byrne
- Children's – (not awarded)
- Short story – The Day for Travelling by Robyn Cadwallader
References
- ^ a b ACT Writing and Publishing Awards, ACT Writer's Centre
- ^ "ACT Writing and Publishing Awards Winners (2004 + )". website. Libraries ACT. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ Canberra Writers Celebrated by Gia Metherell, Canberra Times, 14 Dec 2007
- ^ ACT Writers Centre
- ^ "2011 ACT Writers Centre awards results". www.actwriters.org.au. ACT Writers Centre. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
