'From 2001 to 2011 the Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award was given in memory of the late Maureen Donahoe, a promising young writer who was the first runner up in the Young Writers Award 1998.' (Award summary)
'The Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award is given in memory of the late Maureen Donahoe, a promising young writer who was the first runner up in 1998 and who died in a car accident in 2000. The Donahoe family wanted to have Maureen's name permanently attached to the first runner-up prize.
'The Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award is awarded to a story that the judges believe to be a courageous piece of writing, thus reflecting Maureen's spirit in her own writing. Maureen's first entry in the 1998 Young Writers Award was awarded "first runner-up".
Source: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award website, http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/news/whatson/events/ywa/donahoe
Sighted: 15/05/2006
