All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Persistence pays off for Maria Papas who has won the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award a decade after she made the shortlist for the first time around 12/11/2020 | 5 MINS This article, by Claire Miller, Fremantle Press, originally appeared on fremantlepress.com.au. It was published on 23 October 2020. Author Maria Papas has won the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for her manuscript I Belong to the Lake, which she wrote as part of a PhD at LIT. She takes home a $15,000 cash prize and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press. Papas is no stranger to the thrill of making the Hungerford shortlist, having had her previous manuscript on the list in 2010. While confessing that she submitted her latest novel just twenty minutes before entries closed, Papas says she hopes her win will convince other writers to stay committed, keep learning and keep going. Judged anonymously, the biennial prize is in its 30th year and is presented to an emerging West Australian writer for their first full-length, unpublished work of fiction
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Persistence pays off for Maria Papas who has won the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award a decade after she made the shortlist for the first time around 12/11/2020 | 5 MINS This article, by Claire Miller, Fremantle Press, originally appeared on fremantlepress.com.au.
Author Maria Papas has won the 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for her manuscript I Belong to the Lake, which she wrote as part of a PhD at LIT.
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She takes home a $15,000 cash prize and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press.
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Papas is no stranger to the thrill of making the Hungerford shortlist, having had her previous manuscript on the list in 2010.
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While confessing that she submitted her latest novel just twenty minutes before entries closed, Papas says she hopes her win will convince other writers to stay committed, keep learning and keep going.
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Judged anonymously, the biennial prize is in its 30th year and is presented to an emerging West Australian writer for their first full-length, unpublished work of fiction
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