Hazel Rowley Fellowship

The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage Australian authors to attain a high standard of biography writing and to commemorate the life, ideas and writing of Hazel Rowley (1951–2011). Biography writers were invited to apply for a literary fellowship up to the value of $10 000. The judging panel comprises Alex Miller, Jim Davidson, Lynn Buchanan and Della Rowley.

Writers Victoria would like to congratulate the following shortlisted writers announced in December 2011: Patrick Allington, Martin Edmond, Mary Hoban, Anne Houen, Heather Long, Chris Pash, Loretta Smith, Michelle Scott Tucker and Sally Percival Wood.

The successful applicant was announced on 14 March at an event in Hazel Rowley’s honour at the Wheeler Centre. See our news item for details.

The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship is supported by the Hazel Rowley Literary Fund; a sub-fund of Australian Communities Foundation. It is anticipated that the fellowship will again be offered in 2012, with updated information available in October and submissions due by late November.