Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers
Established in 2016, the $30,000 Mona Brand Award is presented every two years to an outstanding Australian woman – cis, trans, non-binary inclusive - writing for the stage or screen.
As well as this major prize for a body of work, the Early Career Writer Award, valued at $10,000, is presented to a woman writer who is in the early stages of her/their career for her/their first professionally produced, screened or broadcast work.
This is the only award of its kind in Australia and was made possible through a bequest to the State Library of NSW Foundation by the late Mona Fox nee Brand (1915–2007) a trailblazing Australian poet, author and a prolific playwright of nearly 30 plays. Her work, which often addressed socially relevant and controversial topics has been performed on stage, radio and television in Australia and overseas.
In 2002 the Library acquired her papers, including correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, recordings and many other records of her remarkable life and career. As the custodian of this important collection it is fitting that the State Library administers and presents this Award, which not only honours the rich legacy Mona Brand imparted but celebrates the best of contemporary writing by Australian women.
Applications are now open for the Early Career Writer Award valued at $10,000.
ENTRIES CLOSE 5PM, MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2022
In 2022 the recipient of the Mona Brand Award valued at $30,000 will be selected directly by the judging panel. Applications are not required for this Award.
For more information contact: Senior Project Officer, Awards (02) 9273 1582 or awards@sl.nsw.gov.au