T.A.G. Hungerford Award

The City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award is given biennially to a full-length manuscript of fiction or narrative non-fiction by a Western Australian author previously unpublished in book form. It is sponsored by the City of Fremantle, Fremantle Press, Fremantle Library and The West Australian.

First established in 1988, the award was set up to discover and develop new writers from Western Australia who have not previously been published in book form.[1]

As of 2018, the City of Fremantle pledged to support the award for a further six years. The prize money received by the winner will be $15,000 for the 2020, 2022 and 2024 award.

The winner receives a cash prize and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press. Many of the shortlisted writers also go on to be offered publishing contracts either by Fremantle Press or other publishing houses.

The Award is named in honour of Tom Hungerford, a prominent Western Australian writer.[2]

Award winners
  • 1990: Brenda Walker, Crush
  • 1991: Gail Jones, The House of Breathing
  • 1993: Simone Lazaroo, The World Waiting to be Made
  • 1995: Bruce Russell, Jacob's Air
  • 2000: Christopher Murray, A Whispering of Fish
  • 2002: Nathan Hobby, The Fur
  • 2004: Donna Mazza, The Albanian
  • 2006: Alice Nelson, In Arcadia
  • 2008: Natasha Lester, What is Left Over, After
  • 2010: Jacqueline Wright, Australian author, "The Telling" published as Red Dirt Talking in 2012.
  • 2012: Robert Edeson, "The Weaver Fish"
  • 2014: Madelaine Dickie, Troppo
  • 2016: Jay Martin, Vodka and Apple Juice[3]
  • 2018: Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys[4]
  • 2020: Maria Papas, I Belong to the Lake[5]

Shortlisted authors

References
  1. "2006 Award winner Alice Nelson with TAG Hungerford". WritingWA. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  2. "T.A.G. Hungerford". Perth Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  3. "City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award - Fremantle Press". www.fremantlepress.com.au. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. Creative, Bam. "2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award: Winner Announced - New". www.writingwa.org. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. "Papas wins 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "City of Fremantle Hungerford Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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