ACT Writing and Publishing Awards


The ACT Writing and Publishing Awards are an Australian literary award presented by the ACT Writers Centre for the best books in the categories of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and children's literature written in the Canberra region. They have been awarded since 2004. The winners in each category receive a $500 prize.
The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship is for an emerging ACT region writer, and commemorates Anne Edgeworth.
The June Shenfield Poetry Award is for an emerging Australian poet, and is awarded in collaboration with Demos Journal.
The Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award is for an emerging ACT region writer. It was established to commemorate the late short story writer Graber-McInnis, who lived in Canberra.
The Michael Thwaites Poetry Award was previously known as the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Award.
The Publishing awards span four categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's books.

List of winners

2004