The Daisy Utemorrah Award

Entry Deadline 30 MARCH 2022

The Daisy Utemorrah Award is for an unpublished manuscript of junior or YA fiction by a First Nations author. 

The Award is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people currently living in Australia.

The winner of the award receives $15,000 and a publishing contract with Magabala Books. 

Eligibility
Applicants must be:

• An Aboriginal person and/or Torres Strait Islander person;

• Living in Australia;

• Over 18 years of age or provide consent from a parent or guardian to enter;

• Not have previously won the Daisy Utemorrah Award;

• Co-authored manuscripts are eligible, but authors must comply with Magabala’s publishing eligibility criteria.

The submitted manuscript must be:

• An original work;

• Manuscripts must be within the category of Junior or Young Adult fiction, that is: fictional works specifically aimed at readers aged between 8 – 18;

• Unpublished – this means that the manuscript cannot have been previously published, or self-published, with an ISBN in print or electronic form (publication of up to 10 per cent of the manuscript will be accepted);

• The manuscript must not be currently entered in other writing competitions, or under submission to a publisher, or subject to contractual negotiations;

• Eligible manuscripts may be in English, Aboriginal English, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language, or a combination of these, including a bilingual text.

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