SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition is aimed at uncovering developing emerging talent who can reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2022

winner The Usual Tessa Piper , 2022 single work autobiography
— Appears in: SBS Voices , November 2022;

Year: 2021

winner Minor Details Cat Yen , 2021 single work autobiography
— Appears in: SBS Voices , November 2021; Between Two Worlds : SBS Emerging Writers' Competition 2022; (p. 3-10)

Year: 2020

inaugural winner The Australia of My Youth Was Not Diverse. It Was Medium-beige Alana Hicks , 2020 single work autobiography
— Appears in: SBS Voices , November 2020;

Works About this Award

Writers of Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds Invited to Enter SBS Writing Competition 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , August 2020;

'Writers from diverse ethnic backgrounds are invited to enter the SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition which is aimed at uncovering developing emerging talent who can reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia.' 

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