Richell Prize shortlist announced
Hachette Australia has announced the shortlist for its inaugural Richell Prize, run in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival and the Guardian.
The shortlisted entries are:
- ‘&’ by Jonathan O’Brien
- ‘No Way, Okay Fine’ by Brodie Lancaster
- ‘Closing Down’ by Sally Abbott
- ‘Gun Club’ by Lyndel Caffrey
- ‘But with Blood’ by Ellena Savage.
The shortlist was chosen from a longlist announced on 4 September, with the entries selected based on the quality of the writing, the book’s creative and commercial potential, and the potential for the writer to develop his or her manuscript and writing career. Applicants were required to submit the first three chapters and a synopsis of a proposed work of adult fiction or narrative nonfiction, with the winner to receive $10,000 and mentoring from a Hachette publisher to help develop the work to publication.
As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Hachette received 975 entries for the prize, about four times as many as the publisher had been expecting. The judges are author and Richell’s widow Hannah Richell, Potts Point Bookshop bookseller Megan O’Brien, former EWF festival creative director Sam Twyford-Moore, Guardian culture editor Nancy Groves and Hachette publisher Robert Watkins.
The winner will be announced at an event in Sydney on 29 October. For more information about the prize, click here.
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