Established in 2004 and sponsored by the Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training, the competition offers a first prize of $1000 in the two major categories - traditional stories and contemporary writing. The competition is also open to primary and secondary school students, songwriters and poets.
(Source: NT Department of Employment, Education and Training website,
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:kZ6-NFrncfAJ:www.deet.nt.gov.au/corporate/newsroom/media_releases/2005/20051124_indigenous_writing_awards_winners.shtml+NT+indigenous+languages+story+writing+competition&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1) (Sighted 7/2/2006)This award-winning story describes what life was like for Ivy and her family when she was a young woman working at Pigeon Hole cattle station, south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
