The City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award is given biennially to a full-length manuscript of fiction or narrative non-fiction by a Western Australian author previously unpublished in book form. It is sponsored by the City of Fremantle, Fremantle Press, Fremantle Library and The West Australian.
First established in 1988, the award was set up to discover and develop new writers from Western Australia who have not previously been published in book form.[1] In 2010 the prize money was doubled to $12,000.[2]
As of 2018, the City of Fremantle pledged to support the award for a further six years.[3] The prize money received by the winner will be $15,000 for the 2020, 2022 and 2024 award.
The winner receives a cash prize and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press. Many of the shortlisted writers also go on to be offered publishing contracts either by Fremantle Press or other publishing houses.
The Award is named in honour of Tom Hungerford, a prominent Western Australian writer.[4]
Award winners
edit- 1990: Brenda Walker, Crush (1991)
- 1991: Gail Jones, The House of Breathing (1992)
- 1993: Simone Lazaroo, The World Waiting to be Made (1994)
- 1995: Bruce Russell, Jacob's Air (1996)
- 2000: Christopher Murray, A Whispering of Fish (2001)
- 2002: Nathan Hobby, The Fur (2004)
- 2004: Donna Mazza, The Albanian (2007)
- 2006: Alice Nelson, "In Arcadia" published as The Last Sky (2010)
- 2008: Natasha Lester, What is Left Over, After[5] (2010)
- 2010: Jacqueline Wright, Australian author, "The Telling"[6] published as Red Dirt Talking (2012)[7]
- 2012: Robert Edeson, The Weaver Fish (2014)[8]
- 2014: Madelaine Dickie, Troppo (2016)[9]
- 2016: Jay Martin, "Learning Polish"[10] published as Vodka and Apple Juice (2018)
- 2018: Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys[11] (2019)
- 2020: Maria Papas, "I Belong to the Lake"[12] published as Skimming Stones (2021)[13]
- 2022: Molly Schmidt, Salt River Road[13]
- 2024: Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, የተስፋ ፈተና / Trials of Hope (written in English and Amharic)[14]
Shortlisted authors
edit- 2006: Varnya Bromilow, Deb Fitzpatrick and Alice Nelson
- 2008: Bill Powell, Karen Williams, Natasha Lester
- 2010: Jacqueline Wright
- 2012: Robert Edeson, Murray Jennings, Zoe Deleuil, Susan Sullivan, Martin Chambers, Vivien Stuart
- 2014: Nicole Sinclair, Louise Allan, Madelaine Dickie, Mihaela Nicolescu, Portland Jones[15]
- 2016: Jay Martin, Catherine Gillard, Jodie Tesoriero, Tineke Van der Eecken, David Thomas Henry Wright[16]
- 2018: Yuot Alaak, Zoe Deleuil, Alan Fyfe, Holden Sheppard, Julie Sprigg, Trish Versteegen[17]
- 2020: Sharron Booth, Joanna Morrison, Maria Papas[18]
- 2022: Joy Kilian-Essert, Gerard McCann, Marie O’Rourke, Molly Schmidt[19]
- 2024: Howard McKenzie-Murray, Jodie Tes, Fiona Wilkes, Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes[20]
References
edit- ^ "2006 Award winner Alice Nelson with TAG Hungerford". WritingWA. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
- ^ "T.A.G. Hungerford Award prize money doubled". Books+Publishing. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Fremantle pledges support for the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award for a further six years". Fremantle Press. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "T.A.G. Hungerford". Perth Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
- ^ "TAG Hungerford Award winner announced". Books+Publishing. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Wright wins 2010 T.A.G. Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Red Dirt Talking (Jacqueline Wright, Fremantle Press)". Books+Publishing. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Robert Edeson wins 2012 T.A.G. Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Madelaine Dickie wins 2014 T.A.G. Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Memoir 'Learning Polish' wins T.A.G. Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Creative, Bam. "2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award: Winner Announced - New". www.writingwa.org. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Papas wins 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Schmidt wins 2022 Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Allan, Alex (24 October 2024), Genre-busting dual-language memoir wins Hungerford Award, Fremantle Press
- ^ "Shortlist announced for 2014 T.A.G. Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "T.A.G. Hungerford 2016 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "T A G Hungerford Award 2018 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.