ASA Mentorship
or Australian Society of Authors Mentorship
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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Notes

  • 'The ASA offers 20 mentorships each year for talented writers and picture book illustrators in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, Young Adult, graphic novels, children's writing and picture book illustration.'

    Source: Australian Society of Authors website, http://www.asauthors.org/
    Sighted: 03/06/2009

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

recipient (Fiction) Ilinda Markova for 'Hairy Dog Cafe'.
recipient (Fiction) Susan Francis for 'Treachery'.
recipient (Fiction) Victoria Griffin for 'Possession'.
recipient (Fiction) Catherine Moffat for 'Snapper Point'.
recipient (Children's) Edwina Howard for 'The Haunting of Hux Hollow'.
recipient (Children's) Jacinta Lou for 'The Other Side'.
recipient (Children's) Bec Nanayakkara for 'When the Power Goes Out'.
recipient (Young Adult) Deirdre Caslick for 'Bright Flickering Lights'.
recipient (Young Adult) Wayne Staniland for 'Robot War'.
recipient (Picture Book Illustration) Janice Law for 'Bear Was Carrying Dreams'.
recipient (Non-fiction) Margaret Atkin for 'Cambodia 2000: The AIDS Year'.
recipient (Poetry) Peter Mitchell for 'Under Skies with No Obligations'.

Year: 2023

recipient (Children's) Emily Tsokos Purtill
recipient (Children's) Karen Wasson
recipient (Children's) Rhiân Williams
recipient (Young Adult) Annika Herb
recipient (Young Adult) Maha Sidaoui
recipient (Picture Book Illustration) Nisaluk Chantanakom
recipient (Fiction) Erin Kaye Hackett
recipient (Fiction) Lisa Louden
recipient (Fiction) Sarah Morton
recipient (Fiction) Emma O'Neill Sandham
recipient (Fiction) Morna Seres
recipient (Narrative Non-Fiction) Sally Dennes

Year: 2022

recipient (Children's) Nikki Bielinksi
recipient (Children's) Julie Lamb
recipient (Children's) Bethany Loveridge
recipient (Children's) Gabriella Page
recipient (Children's) Cassy Polimeni
recipient (Young Adult) Kai Ash
recipient (Young Adult) Nicole Hayes
recipient (Picture Book Illustration) Louis Decrevel
recipient (Fiction) Stephanie Blockley
recipient (Fiction) Jane Carrick
recipient (Fiction) Lee Frank
recipient (Fiction) Stella Glorie
recipient (Fiction) Sam Leah
recipient (Fiction) Celeste Martin
recipient (Fiction) Kylie Mulcahy
recipient (Fiction) Suzanne Rumney
recipient (Fiction) Nike Sulway
recipient (Fiction) Lillian Telford
recipient (Narrative Non-fiction) Jenny Toune
recipient (Poetry) Rachael Mead

Year: 2021

recipient (Children's and YA) Kay Crabbe
recipient (Children's and YA) Inda Ahmad Zahri
recipient (Children's and YA) Bianca Breen
recipient (Children's and YA) Polly Jude
recipient (Picture Book Illustration) Jenny Hale
recipient (Picture Book Illustration) Yvonne Low
recipient (Fiction) Trish Bolton
recipient (Fiction) Jennifer Castles
recipient (Fiction) Dawn Crabb
recipient (Fiction) Katelin Farnsworth
recipient (Fiction) Kylie Hough
recipient (Fiction) Kylie Ladd
recipient (Fiction) Rhonda Roberts
recipient (Fiction) Yichen Shi
recipient (Fiction) Esme Wilmot
recipient (Narrative Nonfiction) Madelaine Dickie
recipient (Narrative Nonfiction) Sam Elkin
recipient (Poetry) Kelley Swain

Year: 2020

recipient (Children's and YA) Julie Paine
recipient (Children's and YA) Tami Sussman
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