Elyne Mitchell Rural Women's Writing Award

2011 Shortlisted Stories now available

marita — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:44:08 +0000

Booklets of all the 2011 Shortlisted Stories are now available for purchase!

Cost $10 each plus postage

Please email or phone for more details or to place an order.

2011 Awards Announced!

marita — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:00:54 +0000

The Elyne Mitchell Rural Women’s Writing Award for 2011 was presented at a well attended and successful function in Corryong on Saturday night. The Award is a national competition and shortlisted winners travelled far and wide to hear the announcement of the winners. In the Open category Kate Rotherham from Yackandandah won $1000, the Emerging Category with $500 was won by Steff Ward from Toowoomba, and the Local Category of $500 was won by Diane Fagan from Tooma. All winners were in attendance and were thrilled to win – it was especially great that Steff and her mum had come all the way from Toowoomba just for the evening – not knowing whether Steff was the winner or not! Fiona Inglis, Managing Director of literary agency Curtis Brown was guest speaker and also one of the judges, and she spoke of the very high standard of entries and encouraged women to keep on writing. The theme for next year’s competition was announced ‘Leaping into the Future’, with Honor Auchinleck suggesting women start writing now then let it sit for a few months and re-check it before entries close at the end of June 2012.
The Friends of Corryong Library who run the Award would like to thank all the entrants, judges, sponsors and people that helped put the Award together, including Harper Collins and the Uniting Church ladies who supplied the delicious catering, and look forward to the 5th year of the Award next year. The perpetual trophy listing all winners can be viewed in the Elyne Mitchell Public Library in Corryong.

Awards Night Sat 15th October in Corryong

Sharon — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:59:13 +0000

2011 Elyne Mitchell Rural Women’s Writing Award will be held on Saturday 15th October, at the Uniting Church Hall, Donaldson St, Corryong. The evening will begin at 7.00pm and will include a meal, supper and drinks.

Entries Back From Judges!

marita — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:48:42 +0000

All entries have now been judged and the short-listed will soon be announced…..be sure to keep Saturday 15th of October free to come to Corryong for the announcement of the winners!

Entries now with Judges!

marita — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:41:46 +0000

All entries are now with the judges, the shortlisted entrants will be contacted at the end of September, with the winners announced at the Award Ceremony in Corryong on 15th October 2011 – keep the date free to attend!

2011 THEME ANNOUNCED!

jacinta — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:10:10 +0000

The Theme for the 2011 Award is “A Bird’s Eye View” so let your imagination go!

Entries must meet the Terms & Acceptance and can be submitted in a number of ways.