2010 Literature Prize: Now and Then
 Write a poem or a short story about a person, a place, an event or an activity in the past or the present and win one of three major prizes of $500!! Total prize money available $2,600.
Now in its sixth year the award has become an important annual event and provides an opportunity for people of all ages to write creatively about their community and contribute to the recorded history of the area.
Categories include an Open section, Years 8-12, 5-7 and 1-4 for both prose and poetry. All entries are also judged for the Local History Awards which are sponsored by the National Trust and include an open and a student category.
Entries are to be received by 5.00pm Friday 28th May 2010.
Download an entry form here.
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Bruce Russell is the award-winning author of Jacob’s Air and two other novels. In 2006 he began a collaboration with Sheryl McCorrey which culminated in Diamonds and Dust, Sheryl’s best-selling memoir of station life in the Kimberley. Bruce has a PhD in creative writing and is currently teaching at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle. He is well known around Perth as a mentor and ghost-writer. He also runs a regular community class at Fremantle Arts Centre in Life Writing.
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