We’re thrilled that five Australian Writers’ Centre alumnae have been announced on the Richell Prize Longlist for 2019.
Congratulations to Jennifer Carlisle, Lauren Draper, Kylie Orr, January Gilchrist, and Sarah Fiddelaers. All super talented writers!
Over 700 entries were received and 21 writers have been announced on this year’s longlist.
The 2019 longlisted writers are: Sarah Fiddelaers, Where the Lost Boys Go Tee Linden, The Nameless Sara El Sayed, The Blind Pussy Cat Sunil Badami, An Allergy Ruby Todd, The Counterpart Allee Richards, In Real Life Delila Bevan Zavadsky, Thawed Waters Yannick Thoraval, White Foam January Gilchrist, The Lady Detective Ayla Black, The Earth Starts Talking Simon Robertson, The Reset Else Fitzgerald, Nearly Curtains Josiah Slough, Capstone Kylie Orr, The Fundraiser Justin Hamilton, The Ultimate Heather James, The Inlet Christine Kearney, The Book of Eels Jacqueline Winn, The Glorious Madness Lauren Draper, We’ll Meet Again Jennifer Carlisle, The Ultimate’s Sister Daniel Ryan, The City’s Heart
From Hachette:
The writers on the longlist will be judged on both the first three chapters of the submitted work and on the synopsis outlining the direction of the proposed work and details about how the author’s writing career would benefit from winning the prize.
The winner will receive $10,000 in prize money, to be donated by Hachette Australia, along with a 12-month mentorship with one of Hachette Australia’s publishers. Hachette Australia will work with the winning writer to develop their manuscript with first option to consider the finished work and shortlisted entries for publication. As well as promoting the prize, The Guardian Australia will publish an extract of the first chapter of the winning work and a profile on the winning writer.
The 2019 judging panel includes Robert Watkins, Head of Literary at Hachette Australia; Hannah Richell, bestselling author; Sarah Schmidt, bestselling author of See What I Have Done; and Steve Sines, a bookseller at Potts Point Bookshop. The shortlist will be announced on 7 October 2019, with the winner announced in Sydney on 8 November 2019.
