Emerging Tasmanian Aboriginal Writers Award
or ETAWA
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

This award is sponsored by The Tasmanian Writers Centre. The inaugural prize was presented in 2017. The prize is awarded every two years.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2021

winner Life between the River and the Concrete Pavement Nicola Ingram , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 163 2021; (p. 47)

Year: 2020

winner The Girl in Red Luana Towney , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 160 2020; (p. 73)

Year: 2019

winner Kartanya Maynard For poem 'Blackscape'.

Year: 2017

inaugural winner Adam Thompson

for Sonny.
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Works About this Award

Writing Award Uneartths Talent of Luana Towney Jillian Mundy , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 9 September no. 734 2020; (p. 8) 'The Emerging Tasmanian Aboriginal Writers Award (ETAWA) is unearthing often unheard stories and voices.'
Thompson Wins Inaugural Award Jillian Mundy , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 October no. 661 2017; (p. 7)

'Pakana man Adam Thompson, from Launceston, has won the inaugural Emerging Tasmanian Aboriginal Writers Award (ETAWA) for his short story Sonny.
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