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'The Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year ... is the premier writing competition for senior students in NSW and ACT. Students submit a piece of writing which is judged by a panel including authors, journalists and teachers, and the winning entry is published in The Sydney Morning Herald. Students must submit an original work between 700 and 1000 words in length on any topic or theme.'
Source: Sydney Morning Herald Young Writers of the Year website, http://www.youngwriter.smh.com.au/
Sighted: 12/09/2011
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2013
joint winner y The Midnight Promise : A Detective's Story in Ten Cases Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012 Z1875635 2012 selected work short story crime detective'John Dorn is a private investigator. Just like his father used to be. It says "private inquiry agent" in John's yellow pages ad because that's what his old man called himself, back before his business folded, his wife left him and he drank himself to death.
'But John's not going to end up like his father. He doesn't have a wife, or much business. He doesn't really drink, either. Not yet.
'In each of these ten delicious stories Zane Lovitt presents an intriguing investigation filled with humour and complex, beautifully observed characters. At their centre is John Dorn, solving not so much crimes as funny human puzzles; but the crimes, and the criminals, are forever lurking nearby, taunting him from the city's cold underworld. It's his job to unravel the mystery, or right the wrong, or just do what the client has hired him to do. Somehow, though, there is a misstep at every turn, and John takes another small stumble towards his moment of personal truth. His midnight promise. Perhaps even his redemption.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Year: 2012
winner Ashleigh Mounser -
Year: 2010
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Year: 2009
winner Innocent Bones 2009 single work short story horrorwinner Olivia Coleman -
Year: 2008
Works About this Award
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It's Not What You Know: Gay Love Story Wins Prize 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8-9 September 2012; (p. 12) -
And a River Runs through It : Old Title with New Inspiration 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 September 2011; (p. 4) -
Families Real and Imagined Inspired Herald Young Writer 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 September 2010; (p. 15) -
Tragic Tale Has Fairytale Ending for Herald's Young Writer of the Year 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-27 September 2009; (p. 5) -
Katherine Brings Generation Text to Book 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 September 2008; (p. 4)