The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was set up in 2011 in memory of Hazel Rowley by her sister, Della Rowley and friends, in association with Writers Victoria Inc. The Fellowship was originally valued at AU$10,000, but was increased to AU$15,000 in 2017[1] and then to AU$20,000 in 2022.[2]
Winners
edit| Year | Author | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2012[3] | Mary Hoban | biography of Julia Arnold, published in 2019 as An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold[4] |
| 2013[5] | Stephany Steggall | biography of Thomas Keneally, published in 2015 as Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally[6] |
| 2014[7] | Maxine Beneba Clarke | memoir, The Hate Race, published in 2016[8] |
| 2015[9] | Caroline Baum | biography of Lucie Dreyfus |
| 2016[10] | Matthew Lamb | biography of Frank Moorhouse |
| 2017[3] | Ann-Marie Priest | biography of Gwen Harwood, published in 2022 as My Tongue Is My Own: a life of Gwen Harwood[11] |
| 2018[12] | Jacqueline Kent | biography of Vida Goldstein, published in 2020 as Vida: A woman for our time[13] |
| 2019[14] | Eleanor Hogan | biography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, published in 2021 as Into the Loneliness : The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates[15] |
| 2020[16] | Lance Richardson | biography of Peter Matthiessen |
| 2021[17] | Mandy Sayer | biography of Australian silent filmmakers, the McDonagh sisters, published in 2022 as Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia's First Female Filmmaking Team |
| 2022[18] | Naomi Parry Duncan | biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito |
| 2023[19] | Diane Bell | biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason, ‘The Queen and the Protector’ |
Shortlists
edit| Year | Author | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2012[20] | Patrick Allington | |
| Martin Edmond | ||
| Mary Hoban | ||
| Anne Houen | ||
| Heather Long | ||
| Chris Pash | ||
| Loretta Smith | ||
| Michelle Scott Tucker | ||
| Sally Percival Wood | ||
| 2013[5] | Lisa Milner | |
| John Murphy | ||
| Helen O'Neill | ||
| Sheridan Palmer | ||
| Ann-Marie Priest | ||
| Stephany Steggal | ||
| Elizabeth Taylor | ||
| 2014[21] | Maxine Beneba Clarke | autobiography – The Hate Race |
| Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan | John and Sunday Reed – Rebels with a Cause | |
| Rodney James | art critic Alan McCulloch – Letters to a Critic | |
| Sylvia Martin | Amy Witting – The Survivor | |
| Michelle Potter | authorised biography of Margaret Scott | |
| Ruth Starke | politician Don Dunstan – Between the Lines | |
| Warren Ward | the love lives of seven philosophers – Lovers of Philosophy | |
| Nadia Wheatley | A Memoir of Memory | |
| 2015[22] | Patrick Allington | Australian writer David Malouf |
| Caroline Baum | Lucie Dreyfus | |
| Barry Divola | Happy Man – Australian band The Sunnyboys and singer-songwriter Jeremy Oxley | |
| Lyn Gallacher | Discurio record store owners Ruth and Peter Mann | |
| Naomi Parry | Indigenous bushranger Musquito | |
| Ann-Marie Priest | Australian poet Gwen Harwood | |
| Ronnie Scott | Agatha Christie – her journey across three countries | |
| Biff Ward | memoir – Vietnam, Mon Amour | |
| 2016[23] | Shannon Burns | Australian writer Gerald Murnane |
| Philip Dwyer | Napoleon Bonaparte – volume 3 | |
| Kitty Hauser | art teacher Geoffrey Bardon | |
| Eleanor Hogan | "Into the Loneliness: The Literary Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates" | |
| Sharon Huebner | Noongar woman Bessy Flowers | |
| Jacqueline Kent | Robert Helpmann | |
| Matthew Lamb | Frank Moorhouse | |
| Alec O'Halloran | Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri | |
| Jeff Sparrow | African-American singer Paul Robeson | |
| 2017[24] | Peter Edwards | Robert Marsden Hope |
| Thornton McCamish | actor Robert Hughes | |
| Craig Munro | Literary Lions – A. G. Stephens, P. R. 'Inky' Stephensen, Beatrice Davis and Kenneth Slessor | |
| Ann-Marie Priest | poet Gwen Harwood | |
| Judith Pugh | Artist in a Suit – William Dargie | |
| Suzanne Spunner | Indigenous artist Rover Thomas | |
| Terri-ann White | epidemiologist Fiona Stanley | |
| 2018[25] | Catherine Bishop | "Annie Lock: A Challenging Woman" |
| Clem Gorman | Australian artist David Rankin | |
| Jillian Graham | Australian composer Margaret Sutherland | |
| Diana James | "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story" | |
| Jacqueline Kent | Vida Goldstein | |
| Drusilla Modjeska | memoir, First Half Second: Volume 2 | |
| Andrew Ramsey | Mark Oliphant and Ernest Rutherford | |
| Judith White | "Colin Lanceley: The Artist's World" | |
| 2019[26] | James Boyce | Governor Lachlan Macquarie |
| Stephenie Cahalan | Australian artist Jean Bellette | |
| Gabrielle Carey | Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim | |
| Eleanor Hogan | Australian writers Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates | |
| Diana James | "Open Hearted Country: Nganyinytja's Story" | |
| James Mairata | Australian producer Hal McElroy | |
| Brigitta Olubas | Australian writer Shirley Hazzard | |
| Maggie Tonkin | Australian choreographer Meryl Tankard | |
| 2020[27] | Margo Beasley | Australian doctor and political activist Eric Dark |
| Diane Bell | "The Queen and the Protector" – Ngarrindjeri woman Louisa Karpany and South Australian "Sub-Protector of Aborigines" George Mason | |
| Tegan Bennett Daylight | New Zealand-born writer Ruth Park | |
| Stephenie Cahalan | Australian artist Jean Bellette | |
| Gabrielle Carey | Australian writer Elizabeth von Arnim – Highly commended[16] | |
| Madelaine Dickie | Kimberley Indigenous leader Wayne Bergmann | |
| Shakira Hussein | memoir – "Nine Eleven-itis" | |
| Lance Richardson | American writer, naturalist and Zen Buddhist Peter Matthiessen | |
| Suzanne Robinson | "Decadent Melbourne" – art, artists and immorality in the 1890s | |
| 2021[28] | Jillian Graham | Australian composer and arts activist Margaret Sutherland |
| Amanda Lourie | English-born Australian anthropologist and explorer A. W. Howitt | |
| Jo Oliver | Australian artist Adelaide Perry | |
| Sheila Ngoc Pham | Australian science-fiction writer and psychotherapist Anne Spencer Parry | |
| Kate Rice | Australian mother and daughter Marian Dunn and Marian Marcus Clarke | |
| Mandy Sayer | Australia's first female filmmakers – the McDonagh sisters | |
| Michelle Scott Tucker | memoir for Torres Strait Islander Aaron Fa'aoso | |
| 2022[29] | Lorin Clarke | memoir of her father, John Clarke |
| Melanie Duckworth | biography of Christobel Mattingley | |
| Hannah Fink | biography of Rosalie Gascoigne | |
| Kelly Gellatly | biography of Rosalie Gascoigne | |
| Sylvia Martin | artists Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Wilson (highly commended)[18] | |
| Mark Mordue | biography of Nick Cave | |
| Aunty Joy Murphy and Jessica Horton | biography of Aunty Joy’s father, Jarlo Wandoon | |
| Naomi Parry Duncan | biography of Gai-mariagal man, Musquito | |
| Michelle Nayahamui Rooney | biography of Nahau Rooney | |
| 2023[30] | Diane Bell | biography of Louisa Karpany and George Mason[19] |
| Gabrielle Carey | biography of Alex Carey | |
| Aunty Elly Chatfield | memoir of her Stolen Generations experience | |
| Carolyn Dowley | biography of Sadie Canning | |
| Jane McCredie | biography of Jane Eastment | |
| Jo Oliver | biography of Yvonne Boyd | |
| Belinda Probert | biography of Bill Probert, 'Secrets and War: Ambition and identity in 20th-century Britain' | |
| Charlie Ward | biography of Jean Zakaria/Xullwy | |
| Susan Wyndham | biography of Elizabeth Harrower |
References
edit- ^ Sullivan, Jane (25 November 2011). "Sisterly love continues Rowley's legacy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley fellowship increases to $20,000". Books+Publishing. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Writers Victoria Inc. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Hoban, Mary (2019), An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorell Arnold, Scribe Publications, ISBN 978-1-925693-53-9
- ^ a b "Steggall wins Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Steggall, Stephany Evans (2015), Interestingly enough... : The life of Tom Keneally, Nero, an imprint of Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd, ISBN 978-1-86395-758-8
- ^ "Maxine Beneba Clarke wins 2014 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Beneba Clarke, Maxine (2016), The Hate Race, Hachette Australia, ISBN 978-0-7336-3243-3
- ^ "Baum wins 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Lamb wins 2016 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Books+Publishing. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Priest, Ann-Marie (2022). My Tongue is My Own : A Life of Gwen Harwood. La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-76064-234-1. OCLC 1298515647.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship Award 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Kent, Jacqueline (2020), Vida: A woman for our time, Viking/Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-670-07949-0
- ^ "Hogan wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2019". Books+Publishing. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Hogan, Eleanor (2021), Into the Loneliness: The unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates, NewSouth Publishing, ISBN 978-1-74223-659-9
- ^ a b "Richardson wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020". Books+Publishing. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Sayer wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2021". Books+Publishing. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Naomi Parry Duncan wins the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship". Writers Victoria. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Bell wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2023". Books+Publishing. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Mary Hoban wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship". Writers Victoria Inc. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2014 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2015 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2016 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2017 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2018 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2019 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship Shortlist Announced". Writers Victoria. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Hazel Rowley fellowship 2023 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.