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Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award

The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award presented by Waverley Council with support from Principal Sponsors Mark and Evette Moran, celebrates excellence in research and writing in Australia. It is the only major national literary award of its kind presented by a local council.

Waverley Council is thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. Congratulations to :

• After the Count: The death of Davey Browne by Stephanie Convery (Penguin)
• FATHOMS: the world in the whale by Rebecca Giggs (Scribe Publications)
• The Deceptions by Suzanne Leal (Allen & Unwin)
• Friends and Rivals: Four Great Australian Writers; Barbara Baynton, Ethel Turner, Nettie Palmer, Henry Handel Richardson by Brenda Niall (Text Publishing)
• The Hilton Bombing; Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga
  by Imre Salusinszky (Melbourne University Publishing)
• The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting by Quentin Sprague(Hardie Grant Publishing)

Each author has won the the Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize ($1,000) and is a finalist for the $20,000 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. The Shortlist Prize is named in recognition of the distinguished author and playwright Alex Buzo, who was a Waverley resident and instrumental in the establishment of the Nib Award.

The search for the 2020 Nib People's Choice Prize winner is now on!

Simply click here to let us know which finalist you think is most deserving of this recognition. You could win a $100 gift voucher for Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore, and a copy of all six shortlisted titles. The shortlisted author with the most votes will win the 2020 Nib People's Choice Prize ($1,000). Voting closes at 11.59pm Thursday October 1 2020. You can find the Term and Conditions of entry here.

Both the Nib Literary Award winner and the Nib People’s Choice Prize winner will be announced publicly on November 12.

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Send award program inquiries to nibaward@waverley.nsw.gov.au

Media inquiries: Debbie McInnes, DMCPRmedia, 02 9550 9207 or Debbie@dmcpr.com.au

The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is administered and presented annually by Waverley Council with the generous support of Principal Sponsors Mark and Evette Moran and the ongoing commitment and assistance of our community partner Gertrude and Alice Bookshop and Café.

The Nib Award acknowledges the important role played by the Friends Of Waverley Library (FOWL) in the establishment and success of the award.

About the Award

The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is Waverley Council’s annual celebration of the best in Australian research and writing. Established in 2002 as The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature, this prestigious prize has so far distributed around $350,000 directly to deserving Australian authors.

Entries are open to all Australian writers regardless of their experience, chosen subject matter or genre. Submitted works are judged against the specific award criteria of excellence in research, high level of literary merit, readability and value to the community. Winners are decided by an independent panel of three judges each of whom bring a wealth of experience from across the literary world.

Nib sponsors

The Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award is administered and presented annually by Waverley Council with the support of Principal Sponsors Mark and Evette Moran and the generous assistance of our community partners; Mark Moran Vaucluse and Gertrude and Alice Bookshop and Cafe.

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