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Rolf Boldrewood Short Story Award
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Rolf Boldrewood Literary Award
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Australian Awards
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History
The Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards honour Rolf Boldrewood, the pen name of Thomas Browne, who during his time as a police magistrate in Dubbo wrote Robbery Under Arms, one of the first major Australian novels. The competition aims to foster the writing of prose and poetry with an Australian content. Prose entries must be no more than 3000 words, while those for poetry have a limit of 80 lines.
The awards were concluded in 2017.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2017
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Year: 2016
winner Fitzy's Complaint 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 231-238) -
Year: 2013
winner Stone Skeleton 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 2014; (p. 135-141) -
Year: 2012
winner Makers of Words 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 118-121) -
Year: 2010
winner A Favourite Sky 2011 single work prose
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011;