Congratulations to Maris Morton the inaugural winner of the Scribe/CAL Fiction Prize announced last night at the Wheeler Centre.
The prize is limited to emerging writers who are over 35 years old. From over 500 entrants, Judges Kerryn Goldsworthy, our own Mark Rubbo, and Scribe acquisitions editor Aviva Tuffield selected Morton's novel A Darker Music about the secrets of a sheep station family in Western Australia. Morton received a cash prize of $12 000 and a book contract from Scribe.
The other shortlisted manuscripts, Meg Mundell’s Black Glass and Jane Sullivan’s Little People were highly commended and will also be considered for publication.