Arnott wins 2014 Scribe Nonfiction Prize

5 December 2014 Books+Publishing

Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott has won the 2014 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers.

Arnott, who was shortlisted for the prize in 2013, was announced as the winner at the Express Media Awards at the Wheeler Centre on 4 December. He was chosen from a shortlist of seven.

Scribe senior editor Julia Carlomagno said Arnott’s ‘personal essay is visceral and evocative, and explores ideas around growing up in a society where a fascination with violence is essentially encouraged, particularly among boys. It’s a topical piece that engages with a wider debate about the role of weapons in contemporary Australian society.’

The prize, now in its second year, is a developmental award for writers aged 30 or under writing a longform work in any nonfiction genre, including memoir, journalism, essay, biography, and creative nonfiction. The winner receives $1500, a meeting with Scribe, up to 10 hours of editorial time, and a new-release nonfiction title a month for 12 months.

Scribe said in a statement that last year’s co-winners Oliver Mol and Briohny Doyle are ‘currently working with Scribe editors’, with Oliver’s first book to be published in May 2015.

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