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Rothmans Foundation `Banjo' Writing Award
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

Sponsored by the British tobacco manufacturer, Rothmans, The Rothmans foundation was shut down in 1994 when tobacco advertising was banned. The foundation provided tens of millions of dollars over a 30 year period to sporting, cultural and academic  bodies.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1991

winner Porpoise Kit Denton , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Burning Spear : Stories 1990; (p. 62-69)

Year: 1988

joint winner Dressing the Chooks i "Christmas and Easter were the busy times.", Jena Woodhouse , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 58-59) Imago , March vol. 1 no. 1 1989; (p. 32) Eros in Landscape 1989; (p. 6-8) School's Out : Learning to be a Writer in Queensland : An Anthology in Six Lessons 1998; (p. 27-28)
joint winner Psyche's Circus i "There is a cafe where we three meet", Meredith Wattison , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 56-57) Poetry Australia , no. 121 1989; (p. 40-41)
winner (Special Prize) Root Offerings i "your first introduction to this fellow", Terry Harrington , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 63-66)
winner (Special Prize) Barn-Yard Ball i "Priscilla Piglet in her party dress", Rachel Maria McGushin , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 67-68)

Works About this Award

Thoughts on Judging Literary Contests Robert Peters , 1989 single work column
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , no. 118 1989; (p. 52-55)
Shelf Life [4 February 1989] Jane Sullivan , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 4 February 1989; (p. 13)
Foreword [20-21 August, 1988] Elizabeth Swanson , 1988 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 20-21 August 1988; (p. 15)
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