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David Harold Tribe Fiction Award - 2009

Applications close 4 pm on Friday 7 August, 2009. The award will be in the sum of $11,000

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Terms of the award

  1. This award has been made possible by a generous gift to the university by David Harold Tribe, author and humanist, to promote interest in Australian fiction and to encourage the writing of fiction in Australia. The award provides writers with funds that might enable them to further their education in the field of creative writing, to continue to refine their work as writers, and to improve the general public's appreciation of Australian fiction.
  2. The award will be made for the best original piece of short fiction (between a minimum of 3,000 words and a maximum of 3,500 words) submitted to the Department of English, provided that the judging panel is of the opinion that the work is of sufficient merit to warrant the award being made.
  3. The winner will be announced at the end of year Creative Writing soiree hosted by the Department of English (early-mid November 2009).
  4. A public announcement will appear on the Department of English homepage after the date of the soiree.
  5. The winning entry will be published in Southerly.

Conditions of Entry

This award is for an original, previously unpublished original piece of short fiction (between a minimum of 3,000 words and a maximum of 3,500 words), completed not earlier than three years before the closing date by a person normally resident in Australia during the four years prior to the submission of the entry

  • Only ONE entry per writer will be accepted
  • Entry is free
  • Previously published or prize-winning work will not be accepted
  • Entries MUST NOT be under consideration for publication
  • Entries MUST NOT be under consideration for any other prize
  • The writer must present the entry under his/her own name and NOT under a pseudonym
  • The entry must be typed (12 point) on single-sided A4 paper and FOUR (4) copies (in hard copy only) must be submitted
  • The copies of the entry MUST NOT BE MARKED with the writer's name
  • The writer’s name must appear ONLY on the entry form that accompanies the entry
  • The entry must be posted or delivered by hand to arrive at the General Office of the School of Letters Art and Media (JohnWoolley Building) no later than 4 pm on the closing date, Friday 7 August, 2009 to : The David Harold Tribe Fiction Award, Department of English, John Woolley Building (A20), University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006
  • Entries will not be accepted by email or fax
  • Entries will not be returned
  • A panel of judges appointed by the university will short-list applications and select a winner. The decision of the judges is final and no further correspondence will be entered into
  • Late entries will not be considered
  • Entries will be acknowledged by email. Any entrant wishing to receive hard copy of the acknowledgment should include a stamped addressed envelope with the entry for that purpose


CLOSING DATE: Friday 7 August, 2009 at 4 pm.
For further enquiries please email (with David Tribe in the subject line):
or phone: 9351 2349 or 9351 3251

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