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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2019

recipient Sulari Gentill

Career development grant valued at $25,000

recipient Robert Gott

Career development grant valued at $25,000

recipient Jock Serong

Career development grant valued at $25,000

recipient Emma Viskic

 $25,000 career development grant 

Year: 2012

A. J. Betts $40,000 for young adult literature.
Steven Amsterdam $40,000 for fiction.
Jim Davidson $40,000 for non-fiction.
Libby Hart $10,000 for poetry.
Belinda Jeffrey $40,000 for young adult literature.
Judy Johnson $40,000 for poetry.
Philip Jones $40,000 for literary non-fiction.
Julia Leigh $40,000 for fiction.
David Musgrave $40,000 for fiction.
Paddy O'Reilly $40,000 for fiction.
Justin Randall $40,000 for fiction (graphic novel).
Jen Storer $40,000 for children's literature.
Petra White $40,000 for poetry.
Peter Boyce $40,000 for non-fiction.

Year: 2011

Brook Emery $25,000 for poetry writing.
Gregory Day $40,000 for fiction writing.
Dominic Smith $40,000 for fiction writing.
Chris Womersley $40,000 for fiction writing.
Craig Cormick $25,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Adrienne Eberhard $40,000 for poetry writing.
Robert Engwerda $40,000 for fiction writing.
Helen Ennis $25,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Ashley Hay $40,000 for fiction writing.
Mireille Juchau $40,000 for fiction writing.
Steven Lang $40,000 for fiction writing.
Maxine Mellor $25,000 for writing for performance.
Jennifer Mills $40,000 for fiction writing.
Martine Murray $40,000 for young adult literature writing.
Deborah Robertson $40,000 for fiction writing.
Jeff Sparrow $25,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Sandra Thibodeaux $40,000 for writing for performance, poetry.

Year: 2010

James West $40,000 for young adult literature writing.
Kalinda Ashton $40,000 for fiction writing.
Amy Barker $$40,000 for fiction writing.
Bonny Cassidy $15,000 for writing for performance (libretto).
Tom Cho $40,000 for fiction writing.
Rebecca Clarke $15,000 for writing for performance.
Aidan Coleman $15,000 for poetry writing.
Robert Forster $$40,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Duncan Graham $40,000 for writing for performance.
Karen Hitchcock $40,000 for fiction writing.
Simmone Howell $25,000 for young adult literature writing.
Bronwyn Lea $40,000 for poetry writing.
Helen MacDonald $40,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Susan Midalia $40,000 for fiction writing.
Scott Millwood $40,000 for literary non-fiction (new media) writing.
Michelle Moo $40,000 for fiction writing.
Robyn Mundy $25,000 for fiction writing.
Ann-Marie Priest $25,000 for literary non-fiction writing.
Justin Randall $25,000 for fiction (graphic novel) writing.
recipient Sandra Hill $25,000 for poetry writing

Year: 2009

Arabella Edge Fiction, $40,000
Steven Conte Fiction, $25,000
Christopher Cyrill Fiction, $40,000
Tricia Dearborn Poetry, $40,000
Julie Gittus Young adult literature, $15,000
Jacinta Halloran Fiction, $40,000
Sarah Hay Fiction, $25,000
Carol Jenkins Poetry, $40,000
Evelyn Juers Literary non-fiction, $40,000
Vivienne Kelly Fiction, $40,000
Jennifer Kornberger Poetry, $15,000
Stefan Laszczuk Fiction, $40,000
Dennis McIntosh Literary non-fiction, $25,000
Craig Munro Literary non-fiction, $25,000
Sekai Shand Fiction, $40,000
Homer Manfred Rieth Poetry, $40,000
Brendan Ryan Poetry, $40,000
Tim Sinclair Young adult literature, $40,000
Christina Thompson Literary non-fiction, $40,000
Maria Tumarkin Literary non-fiction, $25,000
Rick Viede Writing for performance, $40,000
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