A Brand New Award for Unpublished Writers of Teen Fiction
Storylines Trust and HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand are proud to announce an exciting new annual award on the children’s literary scene — the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for unpublished writers of fiction for young adults, named in honour of one of New Zealand’s best writers for this genre.
The Tessa Duder Award will be administered by Storylines and sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand. It will complete the line up of prestigious awards made annually by the Trust to writers for children in New Zealand. Entries for the inaugural award close on 31 October, with winners to be announced at the Storylines annual Margaret Mahy Day and International Children’s Book Day on Saturday 2 April 2011. The winner will receive $1500, and the possibility of a publishing contract with HarperCollins Publishers. Full details and criteria for entry are listed at www.storylines.org.nz/awards
I'm getting really excited about all the great new opportunities for unpublished or beginning writers. Make sure you take advantage of them because if you don't I'm sure there are other writers out there who will!
I think the above link is broken. Try this one: http://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Tessa+Duder+Award.html
Oooh - will keep an eye on the website to check out the T&Cs when they become available :-D (need to know a few more details before I get too excited!)
Ts&Cs are now up for this comp. Looks good. If I can get my a into g I'll be entering. Hopefully The End is Nigh challenge will help!
Apparently I made the short list but didn't win. It will be very interesting to see who made the short list, how many entries there were, and in April to find out who won!
Well done on making the shortlist, Matt! That's awesome. Will definitely be interesting to see the rest of the details on it in April.