The Northern Territory Library congratulates local Territory writers who have been shortlisted for the 2018 Northern Territory Literary Awards.
Over 300 submissions were received with a strong field of entries across all seven categories. The judging panel lauded the originality, creativity and flair of the work submitted.
Department of Tourism and Culture’s Senior Director Northern Territory Library and Archives, Patrick Gregory, said the Library is always impressed by the high level of quality submissions received each year from across the Northern Territory.
“We are excited that six of the shortlisted works are by authors who live in or near Alice Springs. It will make the Awards Ceremony all the more special when it is held at Araluen Arts Centre for the first time this year,” Mr Gregory said.
“Even more special is three of the works shortlisted in the youth category are by Alice Springs high school students. We hope their experience in these Award encourages them to keep writing.”
The annual Northern Territory Literary Awards have celebrated the work of Northern Territory writers for more than 35 years. It is part of an ongoing program of events at the Northern Territory Library that celebrate the achievements of established and emerging writers, storytellers and prominent Territorians.
Winners will be announced and presented with their prizes at a ceremony held at Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs on 24 July 2018. This free event is open to the public with tickets available online through the Northern Territory Library, ntl.nt.gov.au.
The 2018 Northern Territory Literary Awards shortlist include:
Browns Mart Theatre Award
A Smoke
Social,
Sandra Thibodeaux
Cusp, Mary Anne Butler
Charles Darwin
University Creative Non-Fiction Award
Chess,
James Murray
Karen,
Worthington Smelling
Missing
out on being a Catholic, Kaye Aldenhoven
OF
EYES, ASTRONAUTS AND ANTS, Lolla Stewart
We
Never Had Any Proper Food, Kaye Aldenhoven
Charles
Darwin University Essay Award
‘Unviable’ languages? Colonisation, assimilation, and bilingual
education in the Northern Territory, Amy Claire Thomas
Flash
Fiction Award
A
Fishbone in the Throat, Betty Lum
Big
Foot Marcus, Trish Higgins
Chaos,
Ashleigh Ascoli
Don
Juan Quandary, David Quan
Fortunate
Dragon, Shona Ford
Gods
Nectar, Georgia Manuela Delgado
Matthew,
Worthington
Smelling
Virginia
Woolf would be proud, Johanna Bell
Kath
Manzie Youth Award
From
my Culture and Ancestors, Ezra Angeles
I
Belong, Janaya Kopp
Vanilla,
Ellaby
Kenneth
We
Can Still, Holly Van't Sand
NT Writers' Centre Poetry Award
Melancholy Portrait, Brian Obiri-Asare
Stone country, Susan Fielding
There'll Be A Payphone At The Roadhouse, Parker Black
What to do with the foam in my mouth, Johanna Bell
ZipPrint
Short Story Award
EDGE, Dina Davis
Inseparable, Edgar Keighley
Some problems I
am having, Johanna Bell
The Virgin Mary
and Katrina Sparks, Mhairi Duncan
For
more information about the Awards and their history visit ntl.nt.gov.au.
ENDS
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