Call for Entries to Australia and Asia’s richest literary award

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Recognising the increasing predominance of electronic media and to emphasise the Award’s focus on literary merit, no matter what the format; the Award is open to any book-length work of literary fiction published either electronically or in print.

All works submitted must be nominated by publishers and written in the English language. If the winning entry is a work translated into English, the author will receive AUD $88,000 and the translator AUD $22,000.

Entries for the award are now open and will close 30 May, 2008.  Forms can be downloaded from the Western Australian Department of Culture and the Arts’ website: http://www.dca.wa.gov.au


The Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award forms part of the Carpenter Government’s Ignite program.

Ignite is a dynamic AUD $73 million package of initiatives designed to transform dance, theatre, music and visual arts, as well as change the shape of Western Australia’s cultural landscape.

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