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CBCA Book of the Year 2012 winners announced

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Big news today for the Australian children’s book community – the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year 2012 winners have been announced!

Here are the winners:

  • Older Readers Book of the Year: Scot Gardiner for The Dead I Know
  • Younger Readers Book of the Year: Kate Constable for Crow Country
  • Early Childhood Book of the Year: Nick Bland and Freya Blackwood for The Runaway Hug
  • Picture Book of the Year: Bob Graham for A Bus Called Heaven
  • Eve Pownall Book of the Year: Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch for One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island

See the CBCA website for full details of the winners and honour books. Congratulations to everyone!

John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers

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If you’re a writer who’s under 25, you might be interested in entering the John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers. Entries have just opened for this prize, which is being facilitated by Express Media and funded by Marsden himself.

The competition offers the following prizes:

  • Short Story prize (18–24) $3000
  • Poetry prize (18–24) $1500
  • Short Story prize (under 18) $500
  • Poetry prize (under 18) $500
You also have the chance to have your work published online and in the December issue of Voiceworks.

See Express Media for more information, and for entry forms.