Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers
The Kathleen Mitchell Award is a Biennial Award dedicated to encouraging young Australian authors to achieve their dreams.
It was established in 1996 by the will of the late Kathleen Adele Mitchell. Her aim was to encourage “the advancement, improvement and betterment of Australian literature, to improve the educational style of the authors, and to provide them with additional amounts and thus enable them to improve their literary efforts”.
The award attracts a prize of $7,500 & entries for the 2008 award close on the 22nd February 2008. The winner will be announced in April 2008.
Previous winners of the Kathleen Mitchell Award include:
2006
Markus Zusak The Book Thief
2004
Lucy Lehmann The Showgirl and the Brumby
2002 no award
2000
Julia Leigh The Hunter
1998
James Bradley Wrack
1996
Sonya Hartnett Sleeping Dogs