ACT Literary Award (1991-1995)
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History

'The ACT Government began awarding fellowships and grants for literary activities in 1991.

'This award recognised literary achievements of writers in the Canberra region offering an established writer a degree of financial independence to concentrat on developing new skills and works. It was succeeded by the ACT Creative Arts Fellowships in 1995.' (Source: http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/Events/literaryawards)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1995

inaugural winner Satendra Nandan for work on the first volume of a fictional trilogy spanning 50 years of politics and social history in Fiji and Australia.

Year: 1994

winner Mark Henshaw Mark Henshaw to work on novel A time of melancholy.

Year: 1993

winner Mark O'Connor to work on poems about natural or constructed environments of the ACT.

Year: 1992

winner Marian Favel Clair Eldridge to complete short story collection The greening of Alvie Skerritt
recipient Tina Faulk Individual arts grants for literature

Year: 1991

inaugural winner Dorothy Johnston to complete book of short stories about Canberra

Works About this Award

ACT Literary Awards 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 December 2006; (p. 18)
ACT Literary Awards Gia Metherell , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2004; (p. 18)
A Spirit of Support for Writers Robert Hefner , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 September 1994; (p. 22)
Henshaw Wins Literary Award Robert Hefner , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 10 February 1994; (p. 4)
Literary Award for Political Trilogy Robert Hefner , 1994 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 September 1994; (p. 5)
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