Established in 1994, the D J (Dinny) O'Hearn Memorial Fellowship is a biennial (later triennial) award that offers a residency at the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, to emergent Australian writers. and is awarded to a writer of fiction, poetry or drama.
It was set up to honour the memory of the late Dinny O'Hearn, one of the founders of the Australian Centre, and a tireless enthusiast for Australian writing.
(Source : http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/dinny-ohearn-fellowships )
