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History
This award was supported by the National Book Council. The winner received $10,000 and the novel published by Angus & Robertson Bookworld. A parallel competition was run for the book jacket design and was open to tertiary design students.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1995
winner (Fiction.) y Drift Street Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z69902 1995 single work novel -
Year: 1994
winner y The Crypt Orchid Melbourne : Angus and Robertson Bookworld , 1994 Z272068 1994 single work novel -
Year: 1993
winner y The Ruthless Garden Melbourne : Angus and Robertson Bookworld , 1993 Z491707 1993 single work novel
Works About this Award
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The New Writer on the Block 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 March 1996; (p. C5) -
Winner of $10,000 Book Prize is No Demidenko 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 September 1995; (p. 2) -
Fresh, Lively and Focused 1995 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 August 1995; (p. 22) -
[Untitled] [The Advertiser (Arts Monthly), 6 June 1995) 1995 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 June 1995; (p. 2) -
Fiction Prize May Become Fact for Qld Writers 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 May 1995; (p. 3)