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History
The Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award is offered to the writer of the essay that offers the best analysis of a current social justice or human rights issue from Australia or around the world.
Notes
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This award is open to any Australian writer of an essay which offers the best analysis of a currect social justice or human rights issue from Australia or around the world. The essay should feature a strong human perspective, and provide criticism of current situations as well as suggesting positive outcomes or alternative ways forward.
Inaugural year 2008
* Prize is $5000
* Only previously unpublished essays will be considered.
* The essay should be of no more that 1500 words.
Source: Crime & Justice website, http://www.crimeandjusticefestival.com/eureka (Sighted 23/07/2008)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2011
winner Lea McInerney -
Year: 2010
winner Bronwyn Lay -
Year: 2009
winner Stephen Wright -
Year: 2008
inaugural winner y
A Certain Maritime Incident : The Sinking of SIEV X
Carlton North
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Scribe
,
2004
Z1195901
2004
single work
non-fiction
In October 2001, over 400 asylum-seekers departed from Indonesia in a grossly overcrowded, rickety boat bound for Australia. Somewhere between the two countries the boat sank with a huge loss of life - 353 of the asylum seekers drowned. This is an examination of the event, the author's effort to spark a full-powers inquiry.
