Shortlist for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers announced

Scribe and Express Media are delighted to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers.

The shortlisted entries are:

'A Year in Peru' (Elizabeth Bryer)
‘Editing Raymond Carver' (Anna Heyward)
'Get Rich Slow' (Rafael S. W.)
'I Don't Know' (Briohny Doyle)
'White Ears and Whistling Duck' (Rosanna Stevens)
'34 Memories From Growing Up in Texas' (Oliver Mol)

The shortlist was chosen by the editorial team at Scribe, from a longlist of entries compiled by Express Media. The judges were impressed with the quality and range of the entries, which covered genres such as personal essay, criticism, memoir, history, and reportage.

The winner will be announced at the Express Media Awards at the Wheeler Centre on Thursday 5 December 2013. Tickets are available here.

The winner will receive $1500; a meeting with an editor or publisher at Scribe; up to 10 hours of editorial time to work on developing a piece to Scribe's publication standard or to work on developing it into a book-length project; and a 12-month subscription to Scribe, consisting of one new-release nonfiction title each month.

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Shortlist for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers announced

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