New South Wales Bookstall Literary Competition
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History

The New South Wales Bookstall Literary Competition for short stories and humorous verse was promoted by A. C. Rowlandson of the New South Wales Bookstall Company. Contribution included writers from Australia and New Zealand. The total prize money was £48 and winning entries were published in the annual Rowlandson's Success. 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1907

winner (Best humorous verse) Suburban Felicity i "My name is Macpherson, an unlucky person", Thos. E. Spencer , 1908 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rowlandson's Success , no. 2 1908; (p. 18-19)
winner (Best short story) T. Carnett for 'The Miner Man' 
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Works About this Award

N.S.W. Bookstall Literary Competition 1907 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 21 August vol. 75 no. 1959 1907; (p. 58)
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