Literary Award Information
Vision Australia is proud to once again the Dickinson Literary Award for Australians writers who are blind or have have low vision.
This competition aims to highlight the creativity of people who are blind or have low vision and promote their cultural contribution. Importantly, it also enables people who are vision impaired to tell their own stories in their own words.
These awards date back to 1921 and we are honoured to keep them alive.
Find out more about the history of this prestigious award.
Today, this esteemed literary competition is open to all Australian writers who are blind or have low vision. There are seven categories, each of which has first prize of a Vision Australia Equipment Solutions voucher to the value of $500.
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Categories
Adult - 25 years and older
- Fiction (no more than 1000 words)
- Non-fiction (no more than 1000 words)
Young Adult - 16 to 24 years
- Fiction (no more than 1000 words)
- Non-fiction (no more than 1000 words)
Youth - those under 16 years
- Fiction (no more than 500 words)
- Non-fiction (no more than 500 words)
Open - All ages
- Best autobiographical piece on living with blindness and low vision (no more than 1000 words)
Entry criteria
To enter the Vision Australia Dickinson Literary Award, you must:
- be an Australian citizen
- be legally blind
Submitting your entry
Entries can be emailed to literaryaward@visionaustralia.org or send written, brailled or entries submitted on disk (in MS Word format) to: Dickinson Literary Award, Vision Australia, Marketing, PO Box 176, Burwood, NSW 1805.
Entries close 31 December 2009.
Every entry has to be accompanied by the following Application Form. If you require assistance, please email literaryaward@visionaustralia.org
Judging Panel
Members of the judging panel to be announced.