Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

Sponsored by Qantas, the awards were an opportunity for emerging writers aged 30 and under. The written word category was introduced in 2012. The inaugural  written word prize was  $5000 and a trip to the PEN World Voices Festival in New York and a 12-month mentorship with Markus Zusak.

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Year: 2004

winner (Words) Felicity Castagna
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Works About this Award

Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3-4 March 2012; (p. 31)

A column canvassing current literary news including a report on the review, commissioned by Premier Barry O'Farrell, of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the New South Wales Premier's History Prize. Neither award will be presented in 2012 during the Sydney Writers' Week, as has been the practice in recent years. The review was completed in November 2011, but had not been released by March 2012.

Wyndham also notes Andrew Bifield's win the written-word category of the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards.
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