The Kathleen Mitchell Award is a bi-annual Australian literature prize for young authors. It was established in 1996 and is awarded every second year with prize money originally being A$5000,[1] by 2012 that amount had grown to A$ 15,000[2] and in 2014 it increased to A$ 20,000.[3] After not being awarded in 2016 it was awarded again in 2019 with a prize money of A$ 15,000.
The prize was established in the will of Kathleen Mitchell with the following aim: "the advancement, improvement and betterment of Australian literature, to improve the educational style of the authors, and to provide them with additional amounts and thus enable them to improve their literary efforts". The price is managed by The Trust Company and a committee of 3 jurors is awarding the price every 2 years. Only Australian authors under the age of 30 are eligible to participate.[4]
The Australian called it a "leading literary award".[5]
Winners
edit| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sonya Hartnett | Sleeping Dogs | |
| 1998 | James Bradley | Wrack | |
| 2000 | Julia Leigh | The Hunter | |
| 2002 | No award | ||
| 2004 | Lucy Lehmann | The Showgirl and the Brumby | [6] |
| 2006 | Markus Zusak | The Book Thief | [7] |
| 2008 | Randa Abdel-Fattah | Ten Things I Hate About Me | [8] |
| 2010 | Nam Le | The Boat | [9][10] |
| 2012 | Melanie Joosten | Berlin Syndrome | [11][12] |
| 2014 | Majok Tulba | Beneath the Darkening Sky | [13] |
| 2016 | No award | ||
| 2019 | Holden Sheppard | Invisible Boys | [14] |
References
edit- ^ Susan Leckey: The Europa Directory of Literary Awards and Prizes. Routledge, 2015, ISBN 9781135356323, p. 182 (original publication: Europa Publications Limited 2002)
- ^ ‘Berlin Syndrome’ wins 2012 Kathleen Mitchell Award Archived 2019-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. Books+Publishing, 2012-06-14
- ^ Tulba wins $20,000 2014 Kathleen Mitchell Award Archived 2017-10-23 at the Wayback Machine. Books+Publishing, 2014-09-24
- ^ Kathleen Mitchell Award, old website (archived)
- ^ Elizabeth Gosch (May 5, 2006). "Young writers 'lacking basic skills'". The Australian. Archived from the original on June 2, 2006.
- ^ Susan Wyndham (April 28, 2004). "Prize novel is best of the few". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ Middlemiss, Perry (2006-05-08). "Markus Zusak Award". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Abdel-Fattah Wins Kathleen Mitchell Award", Bookseller + Publisher Magazine, 88 (1): 6, July 2008, ISSN 1833-5403
- ^ "'The Boat' wins 2010 Kathleen Mitchell Award". Bookseller+Publisher. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "NAM LE WINS 2010 KATHLEEN MITCHELL AWARD". ABC Online First Tuesday Book Club. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ Kate Bastians (March 27, 2012). "Award recognises Perth writers". The West Australian. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "'Berlin Syndrome' wins 2012 Kathleen Mitchell Award". Bookseller+Publisher. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "Tulba wins $20,000 2014 Kathleen Mitchell Award". Books+Publishing. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Sheppard wins $15,000 Kathleen Mitchell Award; Dunk wins $15,000 Dal Stivens Award". Books+Publishing. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
External links
edit- Kathleen Mitchell Award, new website
- Kathleen Mitchell Award, old website (archived)