❓ Inquiry regarding grants and literary awards available to writers in Western Australia, with a focus on specific categories like Indigenous and regional writers. The response details available funding programs and lists literary awards for 2008-2010.
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(1) What grants and funding are available for different categories of writers in Western Australia, for example, indigenous writers, regional writers and children’s writers etc.?
(2) What literary awards were there in 2008, 2009 and 2010?
(2) What literary awards were there in 2008, 2009 and 2010?
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Answered
23 September 2010
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
16 days
(1) All writers can apply to the Arts Development Panel under the categories of Development, Distribution and Marketing and Publishing Assistance. The panel sits twice a year.
Playwrights can apply to the Playwright Development Program for assistance to intensively develop a new work.
Writers under the age of 26 can apply to the Young People and the Arts Panel under the categories of Development, Distribution & Marketing, Fellowships, International Scholarships and Quick Response. The panel sits twice a year.
Indigenous writers can apply to the Indigenous Arts Panel under the categories of Development and Distribution & Marketing categories. The panel sits twice a year.
Individuals with a minimum of 15 years professional practice can apply to the Creative Development Fellowship Program.
(2) Literary Awards in Western Australia were:
2008
Australia-Asia Literary Award
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2007)
TAG Hungerford Award
2009
None, pending review of Literary Awards in WA.
2010
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2008)
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2009)
TAG Hungerford Award
In addition to these State based awards, WA writers are eligible to apply to four National awards: Prime Minister's Literary Award, Miles Franklin, Age Book of the Year and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize; and other state based literary awards, excluding Northern Territory and Tasmania.
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Playwrights can apply to the Playwright Development Program for assistance to intensively develop a new work.
Writers under the age of 26 can apply to the Young People and the Arts Panel under the categories of Development, Distribution & Marketing, Fellowships, International Scholarships and Quick Response. The panel sits twice a year.
Indigenous writers can apply to the Indigenous Arts Panel under the categories of Development and Distribution & Marketing categories. The panel sits twice a year.
Individuals with a minimum of 15 years professional practice can apply to the Creative Development Fellowship Program.
(2) Literary Awards in Western Australia were:
2008
Australia-Asia Literary Award
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2007)
TAG Hungerford Award
2009
None, pending review of Literary Awards in WA.
2010
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2008)
Premier's Book Awards (for works published in 2009)
TAG Hungerford Award
In addition to these State based awards, WA writers are eligible to apply to four National awards: Prime Minister's Literary Award, Miles Franklin, Age Book of the Year and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize; and other state based literary awards, excluding Northern Territory and Tasmania.
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