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Winners of the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards: 024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. From left, back row: Ryan Cropp, Andre Dao, Cecelia Edwards, Penny Smith and Amy Crutchfield. From left, front row: Leah Leaman, Daniel Browning, Will Kostakis and Gregory Crocetti. Five people are standing, another four sit in front of them, in the forecourt of Parliament House, Canberra.
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Failure and frustration spawn success for Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners

Six books including a debut novel and a debut poetry collection have each received $80,000 in this year’s Prime Minister’s…

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This week's arts news and trending topics

We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

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Victorian Premier's Literary Awards has a new humour writing prize

Writer-satirist John Clarke is the inspiration for a new award category at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

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A Day in Carlton – new writers' festival in Melbourne's inner north

This November, bookmark Carlton not just for its pizza and gelato, but also for the mental nourishment of a writers'…

'Victorian vampires' wins popular vote at Australian Life photography competition, taken by Chrissie Hall of herself and her two daughters dressed up. The photo sets up the ambiance of a Victorian era home with animal taxidermy, vintage leather sofas and low lighting. The three are depicted wearing black and red gowns and sharp vampire teeth.
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Opportunities and awards

Dark Mofo 2025 call-out, last chance to enter Ulrick and Schubert Photography Award, plus winners of Impact Awards and more!

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This week's arts news and trending topics

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Stella goes to Brisbane

Stella now heads over to Queensland to curate a free, one-day writers' festival.

Second Generation Collective awarded $100,000 through Creative Australia’s VACS Major Commissioning Projects Fund/PICA. A woman with flow brown hair swept up by the wind. She is hinding her face behind her hands with Farsi text. She is standing in a desert.
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Opportunities and awards

Peter Porter Poetry Prize welcomes submissions, new Deaf Writing Commission, plus winners of PICA commissions and new ARIA Hall of…

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2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlists

Find out the shortlisted titles of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards across six categories.

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