Presented in partnership with
writingWA, Fremantle Press,
& The West Australian
The City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award is dedicated to recognising and nurturing
emerging voices in Western Australian literature. It is a biennial award that celebrates
literary merit and originality, and is given for a full-length manuscript of fiction or creative
non-fiction by a Western Australian author previously unpublished in book form. Previous
recipients of the T.A.G. Hungerford Award include Gail Jones, Brenda Walker and Alice
Nelson.
The 2014 Award winner will receive a $12,000 cash prize from The City of Fremantle, and a
publishing contract from Fremantle Press.
Conditions and General Information
1. The Award is made for an unpublished work of literary fiction or creative non-fiction by
a Western Australian author not previously published in book form.
2. Unpublished original manuscripts only, of at least 50,000 words, may be entered for the
Award.
3. Authors whose work has only previously been self-published are eligible to enter,
though the manuscript entered in this competition may not have been published in any
form.
4. The manuscripts must be in English and may be a novel, novella, collection of short
fiction, or a work of creative non-fiction (SEE NOTE BELOW).
5. The Award excludes fiction in the genre categories of romance, science fiction, and
fantasy.
6. The Award is open to writers whose normal place of residence is Western Australia. If
requested, proof of eligibility is the responsibility of the entrant. Where necessary, final
arbitration will be at the sole discretion of the judges.
7. Manuscripts of joint authorship are NOT eligible to be entered.
8. A maximum of one entry per person may be submitted.
9. All nominations must be made on the official entry form, which is Page 4 of this
document (a photocopy may be used) and accompanied by an entry fee of $25.00.
Cheques or money orders ONLY should be made payable to writingWA.
10. Manuscripts entered must be typed and legibly double-spaced, on one side of the page
only, and securely bound (SEE NOTE BELOW), with title and author’s pseudonym
included on the title page only. DO NOT INCLUDE THE AUTHOR’S REAL NAME
ANYWHERE ON THE MANUSCRIPT (SEE NOTE BELOW).
11. Manuscripts will NOT be accepted in electronic form.
12. Manuscripts submitted to the Award will not be returned.
13. Previous submissions to Fremantle Press which have received editorial comment from
the Press are not eligible for entry.
14. The judges reserve the right to exclude from consideration any work that does not
comply with these conditions.
15. The judges will not be required to make an award if they do not consider the entries to
be of sufficient standard.
16. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
17. Lobbying of the judges by an entrant will result in the entrant’s disqualification.
18. The winner of the 2014 Award will be announced in February 2015.
19. Closing date for entries is 5pm, Monday 30 June 2014. Entries postmarked or delivered
after this time will not be accepted.
Entries may be lodged by post or delivered to:
2014 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award
c/-writingWA
Alexander Library Building
Perth Cultural Centre WA 6000
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