Affirm Press Mentorship Award (2015-)
Subcategory of Varuna Awards and Fellowships — Varuna Fellowships
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History

Inaugurated in 2017.

According to the website:

The Affirm Press Mentorship Award offers up to three writers developing exceptional new work the opportunity to work with the Affirm Press publishing team while in residence at Varuna the National Writers House.

The award is about creating new opportunities for Australian writers of literary fiction and non-fiction and forging new professional relationships between these writers and Affirm Press.

Source: Varuna (http://www.varuna.com.au/varuna/index.php/programs/residential-programs/pathways-publication/item/342-the-affirm-press-mentorship-award). (Sighted: 08/08/2017)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2025

winner Zoe Deleuil for 'Kita Karamel'.
winner Kerry Munnery for 'The Darkwater Child'.
winner Michelle Stephens for 'Sleeper'.
winner Sarah Vincent for 'Amorous Dreams, Hungry Danger'.

Year: 2024

winner Phoebe Grainer
winner Adrian Mouhajer

Year: 2023

winner Anne Andrew for 'Blood Quilt'.
winner Zoe Downing for 'The Dead Don't Disappear'.
winner Inessa Jackson for 'Devil Mountain'.
winner Mark Mupotsa-Russel for 'Scratches in Lead'.

Year: 2021

winner Maha Sidaoui for 'One Arabian Girl'.
winner Alison Whipp for 'Love on the Zigzag'.
winner Annika Herb for 'The Pieces of You'.

Year: 2020

winner Kate Maxwell for 'Foundling'.
winner y separately published work icon Anomaly Emma Lord , Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2024 28536654 2024 single work novel young adult fantasy

'Piper Manning survived the apocalypse. Barely.

'She recovered from the virus that killed millions, but it left behind a new, uncontrollable power that's forced her to isolate herself from others — for their sake.

'Then an injured boy shows up at her mountain hideaway. And what hurt Seth is out to get her, too.

'Now she's on the run, risking everything for a shot at an actual future. But to get there, she'll have to trust a stranger, control her abilities … and face her ghosts.

'Because the end of the world was just the beginning.

'A high-octane YA debut, Anomaly will force you to question destiny, memory and how far you would go to survive.'  (Publication summary)
winner Emma Pignatiello for 'The Bone Painter'.
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