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CAL Scribe Fiction Prize
The shortlist for the inaugural CAL Scribe Fiction Prize has been announced by judges Kerryn Goldsworthy, Mark Rubbo and Aviva Tuffield.
The shortlisted manuscripts, chosen from 534 entries, are ‘A Darker Music’ by Maris Morton, ‘Black Glass’ by Meg Mundell and ‘Little People’ by Jane Sullivan.
The prize is open to writers aged over 35. The eldest entrant this year was aged 90, and many others were born in the 1920s and 30s.
Tuffield, fiction acquisitions editor at Scribe, said it took a long time to select these manuscripts and, ‘after much deliberation, we feel confident of the calibre of the three shortlisted works. Narrowing it down to one winner will be extremely tricky’.
The winner will receive $12,000 and a book contract with Scribe. The award will be announced Thursday 18 February at the newly opened Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.
Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2010/02/14711/
This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.
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