Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was set up in 2011 in memory of Hazel Rowley by her sister, Della Rowley and friends, in association with Writers Victoria Inc. The Fellowship was originally valued at AU$10,000, but was increased to AU$15,000 in 2017[1] and then to AU$20,000 in 2022.[2]

Winners

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Year Author Project
2012[3] Mary Hoban biography of Julia Arnold, published in 2019 as An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold[4]
2013[5] Stephany Steggall biography of Thomas Keneally, published in 2015 as Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally[6]
2014[7] Maxine Beneba Clarke memoir, The Hate Race, published in 2016[8]
2015[9] Caroline Baum biography of Lucie Dreyfus
2016[10] Matthew Lamb biography of Frank Moorhouse
2017[3] Ann-Marie Priest biography of Gwen Harwood, published in 2022 as My Tongue Is My Own: a life of Gwen Harwood[11]
2018[12] Jacqueline Kent biography of Vida Goldstein, published in 2020 as Vida: A woman for our time[13]
2019[14] Eleanor Hogan biography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, published in 2021 as Into the Loneliness : The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates[15]
2020[16] Lance Richardson biography of Peter Matthiessen
2021[17] Mandy Sayer biography of Australian silent filmmakers, the McDonagh sisters, published in 2022 as Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia's First Female Filmmaking Team
2022[18] Naomi Parry Duncan biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito
2023[19] Diane Bell biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason, ‘The Queen and the Protector’

Shortlists

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Year Author Project
2012[20] Patrick Allington
Martin Edmond
Mary Hoban
Anne Houen
Heather Long
Chris Pash
Loretta Smith
Michelle Scott Tucker
Sally Percival Wood
2013[5] Lisa Milner
John Murphy
Helen O'Neill
Sheridan Palmer
Ann-Marie Priest
Stephany Steggal
Elizabeth Taylor
2014[21] Maxine Beneba Clarke autobiography – The Hate Race
Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan John and Sunday ReedRebels with a Cause
Rodney James art critic Alan McCulloch – Letters to a Critic
Sylvia Martin Amy WittingThe Survivor
Michelle Potter authorised biography of Margaret Scott
Ruth Starke politician Don DunstanBetween the Lines
Warren Ward the love lives of seven philosophers – Lovers of Philosophy
Nadia Wheatley A Memoir of Memory
2015[22] Patrick Allington Australian writer David Malouf
Caroline Baum Lucie Dreyfus
Barry Divola Happy Man – Australian band The Sunnyboys and singer-songwriter Jeremy Oxley
Lyn Gallacher Discurio record store owners Ruth and Peter Mann
Naomi Parry Indigenous bushranger Musquito
Ann-Marie Priest Australian poet Gwen Harwood
Ronnie Scott Agatha Christie – her journey across three countries
Biff Ward memoir – Vietnam, Mon Amour
2016[23] Shannon Burns Australian writer Gerald Murnane
Philip Dwyer Napoleon Bonaparte – volume 3
Kitty Hauser art teacher Geoffrey Bardon
Eleanor Hogan "Into the Loneliness: The Literary Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates"
Sharon Huebner Noongar woman Bessy Flowers
Jacqueline Kent Robert Helpmann
Matthew Lamb Frank Moorhouse
Alec O'Halloran Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri
Jeff Sparrow African-American singer Paul Robeson
2017[24] Peter Edwards Robert Marsden Hope
Thornton McCamish actor Robert Hughes
Craig Munro Literary Lions – A. G. Stephens, P. R. 'Inky' Stephensen, Beatrice Davis and Kenneth Slessor
Ann-Marie Priest poet Gwen Harwood
Judith Pugh Artist in a Suit – William Dargie
Suzanne Spunner Indigenous artist Rover Thomas
Terri-ann White epidemiologist Fiona Stanley
2018[25] Catherine Bishop "Annie Lock: A Challenging Woman"
Clem Gorman Australian artist David Rankin
Jillian Graham Australian composer Margaret Sutherland
Diana James "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story"
Jacqueline Kent Vida Goldstein
Drusilla Modjeska memoir, First Half Second: Volume 2
Andrew Ramsey Mark Oliphant and Ernest Rutherford
Judith White "Colin Lanceley: The Artist's World"
2019[26] James Boyce Governor Lachlan Macquarie
Stephenie Cahalan Australian artist Jean Bellette
Gabrielle Carey Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim
Eleanor Hogan Australian writers Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates
Diana James "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story"
James Mairata Australian producer Hal McElroy
Brigitta Olubas Australian writer Shirley Hazzard
Maggie Tonkin Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard
2020[27] Margo Beasley Australian doctor and political activist Eric Dark
Diane Bell "The Queen and the Protector" – Ngarrindjeri woman Louisa Karpany and South Australian "Sub-Protector of Aborigines" George Mason
Tegan Bennett Daylight New Zealand-born writer Ruth Park
Stephenie Cahalan Australian artist Jean Bellette
Gabrielle Carey Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim – Highly commended[16]
Madelaine Dickie Kimberley Indigenous leader Wayne Bergmann
Shakira Hussein memoir – "Nine Eleven-itis"
Lance Richardson American writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist Peter Matthiessen
Suzanne Robinson "Decadent Melbourne" art, artists and immorality in the 1890s
2021[28] Jillian Graham Australian composer and arts activist Margaret Sutherland
Amanda Lourie English-born Australian anthropologist and explorer A. W. Howitt
Jo Oliver Australian artist Adelaide Perry
Sheila Ngoc Pham Australian science-fiction writer and psychotherapist Anne Spencer Parry
Kate Rice Australian mother and daughter Marian Dunn and Marian Marcus Clarke
Mandy Sayer Australia's first female filmmakers – the McDonagh sisters
Michelle Scott Tucker memoir for Torres Strait Islander Aaron Fa'aoso
2022[29] Lorin Clarke memoir of her father, John Clarke
Melanie Duckworth biography of Christobel Mattingley
Hannah Fink biography of Rosalie Gascoigne
Kelly Gellatly biography of Rosalie Gascoigne
Sylvia Martin artists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Wilson (highly commended)[18]
Mark Mordue biography of Nick Cave
Aunty Joy Murphy and Jessica Horton biography of Aunty Joy’s father, Jarlo Wandoon
Naomi Parry Duncan biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito
Michelle Nayahamui Rooney biography of Nahau Rooney
2023[30] Diane Bell biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason[19]
Gabrielle Carey biography of Alex Carey
Aunty Elly Chatfield memoir of her Stolen Generations experience
Carolyn Dowley biography of Sadie Canning
Jane McCredie biography of Jane Eastment
Jo Oliver biography of Yvonne Boyd
Belinda Probert biography of Bill Probert, 'Secrets and War: Ambition and identity in 20th-century Britain'
Charlie Ward biography of Jean Zakaria/Xullwy
Susan Wyndham biography of Elizabeth Harrower

References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Jane (25 November 2011). "Sisterly love continues Rowley's legacy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Hazel Rowley fellowship increases to $20,000". Books+Publishing. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Writers Victoria Inc. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ Hoban, Mary (2019), An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold, Scribe Publications, ISBN 978-1-925693-53-9
  5. ^ a b "Steggall wins Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ Steggall, Stephany Evans (2015), Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally, Nero, an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-1-86395-758-8
  7. ^ "Maxine Beneba Clarke wins 2014 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. ^ Beneba Clarke, Maxine (2016), The Hate Race, Hachette Australia, ISBN 978-0-7336-3243-3
  9. ^ "Baum wins 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Lamb wins 2016 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. ^ Priest, Ann-Marie (2022). My Tongue is My Own : A Life of Gwen Harwood. La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-234-1. OCLC 1298515647.
  12. ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship Award 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  13. ^ Kent, Jacqueline (2020), Vida: A woman for our time, Viking/Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-670-07949-0
  14. ^ "Hogan wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2019". Books+Publishing. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  15. ^ Hogan, Eleanor (2021), Into the Loneliness: The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, NewSouth Publishing, ISBN 978-1-74223-659-9
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  17. ^ "Sayer wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2021". Books+Publishing. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Naomi Parry Duncan wins the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Writers Victoria. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Bell wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2023". Books+Publishing. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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  30. ^ "Hazel Rowley fellowship 2023 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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