Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award
Subcategory of State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award
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History

'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)

Notes

  • '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

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2011

winner Rips Deanna Antoniolli , 2011 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;

Year: 2009

winner What Sort of Heroine? Liam O'Brien , 2009 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;

Year: 2008

winner My Mechanical Heart Kathleen Noud , 2008 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;

Year: 2007

winner Fuel for Loneliness Megan McGrath , 2007 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;

Year: 2006

winner Simon Says Benjamin Law , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award Website 1998-;

Works About this Award

Young Author Found Her Road to the River of Life Michael Lund , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18-19 September 2010; (p. 22)
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