Writers have just over two weeks to complete their entries for the 2021 Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction.
By Catherine Watson
“I love deadlines,” wrote Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. “I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
The famed author could afford to ignore the deadlines but Gippsland writers can’t afford to miss the deadline for the 2021 Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction.
This is one of the richest competitions for non-fiction in Australia, with a total of $10,000 in prize money. The first prize winner will receive $5000, second $3000 and third $2000.
Entries for this year’s competition close on September 14 and prize winners will be announced in November 2021.
The prize is open to writers living, working or studying in Gippsland, or who have a strong connection with the Gippsland region.
“I love deadlines,” wrote Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. “I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
The famed author could afford to ignore the deadlines but Gippsland writers can’t afford to miss the deadline for the 2021 Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction.
This is one of the richest competitions for non-fiction in Australia, with a total of $10,000 in prize money. The first prize winner will receive $5000, second $3000 and third $2000.
Entries for this year’s competition close on September 14 and prize winners will be announced in November 2021.
The prize is open to writers living, working or studying in Gippsland, or who have a strong connection with the Gippsland region.
Entries can be in the form of prose or poetry but must pertain to the Gippsland region, issues or people. The required length is 4000-10,000 words.
The judges are Bass Coast writers and editors Geoff Ellis, Anne Heath Mennell and Karen Bateman.
The prize was founded in 2019 by Phillip Island writer Phyllis Papps to encourage and support local writers of non-fiction. Ms Papps sponsored the prize in 2019 and 2020.
This year’s prize is sponsored by the Bass Coast Shire Council, the West Gippsland Regional Library and ArtSpace Wonthaggi, which also auspices the prize.
The two first years of the competition attracted 85 entries from throughout Gippsland, ranging from personal memoir and true adventure through to biography, natural history and local history.
The winning entries will be published in the Bass Coast Post and may be republished as an e-book or hard copy following consultation with the writers.
For more information and entry criteria, visit Bass Coast Prize for Non Fiction at https://basscoastprizefornonfiction.weebly.com/
Email entries to Catherine Watson at [email protected] by September 14.
The judges are Bass Coast writers and editors Geoff Ellis, Anne Heath Mennell and Karen Bateman.
The prize was founded in 2019 by Phillip Island writer Phyllis Papps to encourage and support local writers of non-fiction. Ms Papps sponsored the prize in 2019 and 2020.
This year’s prize is sponsored by the Bass Coast Shire Council, the West Gippsland Regional Library and ArtSpace Wonthaggi, which also auspices the prize.
The two first years of the competition attracted 85 entries from throughout Gippsland, ranging from personal memoir and true adventure through to biography, natural history and local history.
The winning entries will be published in the Bass Coast Post and may be republished as an e-book or hard copy following consultation with the writers.
For more information and entry criteria, visit Bass Coast Prize for Non Fiction at https://basscoastprizefornonfiction.weebly.com/
Email entries to Catherine Watson at [email protected] by September 14.