2010 T.A.G. Hungerford Award


writingWA is delighted to announce that in 2010 it will match New Edition Bookshop's $6,000 cash prize, raising the T.A.G. Hungerford Award prize money to a total of $12,000.  

This investment is made in recognition of the vital role that the T.A.G. Hungerford Award plays in uncovering and nurturing new writing talent in this state.  It is quite simply, Western Australia's most important literary award for emerging authors.

JUDGING OF THE 2010 TAG HUNGERFORD IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN EARLY 2011.

 

T.A.G. Hungerford Award winners to date are:

  • 1990 - Brenda Walker; Crush
  • 1991 - Gail Jones; The House of Breathing
  • 1993 - Simone Lazaroo; The World Waiting to be Made
  • 1995 - Bruce Russell; Jacob's Air
  • 2000 - Christopher Murray; A Whispering Fish
  • 2002 - Nathan Hobby; The Fur
  • 2004 - Donna Mazza; The Albanian
  • 2006 - Alice Nelson; The Last Sky
  • 2008 - Natasha Lester; What is Left Over, After
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