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CALLING ALL NT wordsmiths! The chance to showcase your unpublished works is here, as the Northern Territory Literary Awards return to celebrate storytelling in the NT.
WORDS TIERNEY WHITE
Entries opened last month, with seven awards up for grabs. Facilitated by Library & Archives NT, the Awards have been around for over 40 years, and this year, they’re calling for entries across a range of categories, including short stories, theatre scripts, academic essays, short fiction, poems, and more.
Barbara Eather has been a finalist or winner a whopping 18 times, taking out the 2024 Zip Print Short Story Award. She says the chance for Territory writers to receive recognition for their work is important.
“It’s always a huge thrill, and an honour, and a validation that I’ve strung some words together in a way that resonates with the judges, and hopefully, ultimately, with the readers of the published entries,” she says.
“The Awards provide an opportunity for established and emerging writers to showcase their work and to contribute to community culture. Where works have a sense of place, and life, in the Northern Territory, it’s heartening that this is recorded, almost like a time capsule.”
In addition to this recognition, category winners receive cash prizes ranging from $500-$1000, plus memberships, and tickets to Brown’s Mart performances. Not bad.
Winners are announced in a special awards ceremony in September. If you’re a Territorian that’s penned an unpublished work, throw your name in the hat!
MON 12 MAY | ENTRIES CLOSE
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