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History
Sponsored by the Northern Territory Department of Education.
Notes
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Established in 2004 and sponsored by the Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training, the competition offers a first prize of $1000 in the two major categories - traditional stories and contemporary writing. The competition is also open to primary and secondary school students, songwriters and poets.
(Source: NT Department of Employment, Education and Training website,
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:kZ6-NFrncfAJ:www.deet.nt.gov.au/corporate/newsroom/media_releases/2005/20051124_indigenous_writing_awards_winners.shtml+NT+indigenous+languages+story+writing+competition&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1) (Sighted 7/2/2006)
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2005
winner (Contemporary Story) Ngayiny Jaru Jarragab 2005 single work autobiographyThis award-winning story describes what life was like for Ivy and her family when she was a young woman working at Pigeon Hole cattle station, south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Works About this Award
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Ivy Tells Her Story and Takes Out $1000 Prize 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 18 January no. 367 2006; (p. 11)
