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The Daisy Utemorrah Award is for an unpublished manuscript of junior or YA fiction by a First Nations author.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Unpublished – this means that the manuscript cannot have been previously published, or self-published, with an ISBN in print or electronic form (publication of up to 10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.