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The David Unaipon Award

Entries Close 4 June 2004

Named in honour of David Unaipon (1872-1967), the first Indigenous author to be published, this annual literary competition is now in its 15th year. The competition is open only to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors who have not been published. Entries are accepted in any writing genre or Indigenous language. The winning entrant receives a guarantee of publication by University of Queensland Press and $15,000 prize money to be awarded by the Premier at the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Presentation and subsequently celebrated in a ceremony held at the Brisbane Writers Festival.

Previous winners of the award can be found here.

Judges of the award can be found here.

Entry forms can be downloaded or by contacting UQP.

Managed by UQP, the David Unaipon Award receives financial assistance from the Queensland Government through the Minister for the Arts and is part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.

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