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History
The Western Australia 150th Anniversary Literary Competition was conducted in 1979. Winning entries were published in the Westerly : Competition Issue.
(http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30056936?_ga=2.182692774.1685358176.1574921416-318418571.1574921416)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1979
joint winner y
The Price of Pearls
1979
Z842784
1979
single work
drama
romance
joint winner (Poems by Western Australian Writers Award) Weekend i "There was no shouting by the sea", 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 74) Poems 1979; (p. 36)joint winner (Poems by Western Australian Writers Award) For Reasons of Remembrance i "Because of flowers so many years ago", 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 75)joint winner (Short Stories by Western Australian Writers Award) Uneasy Rider 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 7-13) Decade : A Selection of Contemporary Western Australian Short Fiction 1982; (p. 252-259) Daughters of the Sun : Short Stories from Western Australia 1994; (p. 210-222)joint winner (Short Stories by Australian Writers Not Including Western Australians Award) Memoirs of a Small 'm' Marxist 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 25-28) The List of All Answers : Collected Stories 2004; (p. 306-310)joint winner (Short Stories by Australian Writers Not Including Western Australians Award) Cane Toads 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 18-24) The Moving Shadow Problem : Stories 1986; (p. 157-170)joint winner (Poems by Australian Writers Not Including Western Australians Award) After a Death i "Last night I dreamt of the Pittsburgh tunnels", 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 81) Winter Driving : Poems 1981; (p. 41-2) The Faber Book of Modern Australian Verse 1991; (p. 166-167) Tierra del Fuego : New and Selected Poems 1997; (p. 67-68) Australian Poetry Library 2004-;joint winner (Poems by Australian Writers Not Including Western Australians Award) Growing Up Alone i "Walking down our backyard", 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 24 no. 2 1979; (p. 77-80) Where I Come From 1979; (p. 29-37) Selected Poems 1970-1989 1990; (p. 158-163) Mulberry Leaves : New and Selected Poems 1970-2001 2001; (p. 143-) The Golden Bird : New and Selected Poems 2008; (p. 11-17)joint winner (Play Writing Award) y
No Names -- No Pack Drill
1979
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Z185883
1979
single work
drama
joint winner (Short Stories by Western Australian Writers Award) Stroke 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Celebrations : Bicentennial Anthology of Fifty Years of Western Australian Poetry and Prose 1988; (p. 183)
Works About this Award
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The Pen as Scalpel 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 March 1982; (p. 27)
