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History
The Bicentennial Literary Awards were sponsored by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and administered by the Australian Bicentennial Authority.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1988
winner The Tin Wash Dish i "Lank poverty, dank poverty", 1987 single work poetry
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 29 October vol. 9 no. 19 1987; (p. 13) The Adelaide Review , March no. 49 1988; (p. 22) The Tin Wash Dish : Poems from Today's Australians 1989; (p. 88-89) Contemporary Australian Poetry : An Anthology 1990; (p. 114-115) Dog Fox Field : Poems 1990; (p. 19) The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry 1991; (p. 225-226) Prize awarded for poetrywinner y
Walk a Barefoot Road
Crows Nest
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ABC Books
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1988
Z209908
1988
single work
novel
'Riena Lahman is separated from her family as war sweeps over Europe. Forced into premature adulthood, she wanders the world until she finds an eventual safe harbour in the hills of South Australia. Here her life takes on new meaning and shape.'
(Publication summary)
Prize awarded for unpublished fictionwinner y
Poetry Australia
no.
113
Crows Nest
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ABC Books
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1988
Z374200
1988
periodical issue
poetry
For the Poetry Australia Literary Award
winner The Sad Heart of Ruth 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 March vol. 110 no. 5611 1988; (p. 66-68) Fictions 88 1988; (p. 225-230) Goodbye to Romance : Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers 1930-1988 1989; (p. 445-452) For the State of the Art Short Story Awardwinner A `Happy Little Vegemite' 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Telling Ways : Australian Women's Experimental Writing 1988; (p. 86-88) Goodbye to Romance : Stories by New Zealand and Australian Women Writers 1930-1988 1989; (p. 442-444) For the Short Story Awardwinner Be Still My Beating Heart 1989 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Lennie Lower Stop Me If You've Heard It Anthology of Humorous Short Stories 1989; (p. 57-69) For the Lennie Lower Award for Best Humorous Story
Works About this Award
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Literary Prizes 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 November 1987; (p. 85) -
The ABC Bicentennial Literary Awards 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Book Magazine , April-May vol. 1 no. 1 1987; (p. 31-32)
