- McGowan Government delivers on election commitment to reinstate Premier's Book Awards to an annual event
- A new focus on Western Australian writers
- A $60,000 fellowship for WA writers in any genre
- Recognising and honouring our great Western Australian writers by reactivating the Western Australian Writing Hall of Fame
Western Australian writers across all genres will be the beneficiaries of the revamped Premier's Book Awards, which were announced today by Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman.
The new format will see the awards reinstated as an annual event and feature three separate Western Australian awards and one national indigenous award.
The three Western Australian awards will be:
- The Western Australian Writing Fellowship valued at $60,000, designed to assist a Western Australian writer, in any genre, to develop their writing practice;
- The Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer valued at $15,000. This prize will be for the first published work, in any genre, by an author residing in Western Australia; and
- The Premier's Prize for Writing for Children valued at $15,000. This award will recognise quality writing for children (0-12), in any genre by an author residing in Western Australia.
The $15,000 national Daisy Utemorrah Award - for an unpublished manuscript award for junior or young adult fiction by an indigenous author has been created, as a result of a partnership between the Government of Western Australia and Broome-based national indigenous publisher, Magabala Books.
The winners of the Premier's Book Awards will be announced during the 'Disrupted Festival' at the State Library of Western Australia in July 2019. Entries will open on January 2, 2019 and close on February 11, 2019.
