T. A. G. Hungerford Award
- T. A. G. Hungerford Award
The T. A. G. Hungerford Award is a biennial Australian literary award, first established in 1998. The award is to encourage new writers from Western Australia who have not previously been published in book form.[cite web |title= 2006 Award winner Alice Nelson with TAG Hungerford|date= 2007-07-02 |publisher = WritingWA |url= http://www.writerswritingwa.org/site/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=28 |accessdate= 2007-07-13] ]Nominations are accepted for the award. Winners receive $6,000 in cash from New Edition Bookshop and a publishing contract with Fremantle Arts Centre Press. For nominations for the award, the guidelines and entry form are found at the WritingWA website.[cite news |title= 2006 Award winner Alice Nelson with TAG Hungerford, 25/2/07 |publisher = WritingWA |url= http://www.writerswritingwa.org/site/index.php?module=subjects&func=viewpage&pageid=28 |accessdate= 2007-07-13] ]The Award has been named in honour of Tom Hungerford (b 1915) a prominent Western Australian writer.[ cite news |title= T.A.G. Hungerford |published= Perth Theatre Company |url = http://www.perththeatre.com.au/artist.asp?id=106 |accessdate= 2007-07-13] ] Award Winners
* 2006: Alice Nelson, "In Arcadia"
* 2004: Donna Mazza, "The Albanian"
* 2002: Nathan Hobby, "The Fur"
* 2000: Christopher Murray, "A Whispering Fish"
* 1995: Bruce Russell, "Jacob's Air"
* 1993: Simone Lazaroo, "The World Waiting to be Made"
* 1991: Gail Jones, "The House of Breathing"
* 1990: Brenda Walker, "Crush"
Shortlisted authors
* 2006: Varnya Bromilow, Deb Fitzpatrick and Alice Nelson
References
External links
* [http://www.writerswritingwa.org/index.php WritingWA]
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