The CBCA NSW Branch Inc 2018 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program is currently receiving manuscripts!
This program aims at fostering the talent of aspiring writers of children's literature across Australia and is open to all Australian citizens residing in Australia. CBCA NSW Branch Inc President, Gail Erskine, thanks HarperCollins Children’s Books for their continuing sponsorship of this program.
The 2018 winner will receive the Charlotte Waring Barton Award, named in honour of Charlotte Waring Barton (1797–1867), the author of Australia’s earliest known children’s book.
The extensive mentorship program from HarperCollins Children’s Books involves two - three-hour guidance sessions with a published HarperCollins author, as well as an additional three hours with HarperCollins staff, including a publisher, an editor and a marketing communications manager.
Entries for the Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program close on 30 June 2018.
To learn more about this exciting opportunity and how to submit a manuscript, please visit:http://nsw.cbca.org.au/pages/programs-aspiring-writers-mentorship-program-211.html
For further information and interviews, please contact:
• The CBCA NSW Branch Inc has been holding the Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program (previously known as the Frustrated Writers Mentorship Program) since 1996. Some winners and runners up who have gone on to be published include, Michelle Cooper, J.C Burke, Jacqueline Harvey, Aleesah Darlison, Oliver Phommavanh, Nathan Luff and recently Helen Chebatte and Helen Thurloe.
• The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organisation that
aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual
awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature.
• Established in 1945, the Children’s Book Council of Australia was founded at a time when Australian
children’s books were few, and Australian authors and illustrators were virtually unknown. In 1946
the CBCA established annual book awards to promote books of high literary and artistic quality.
These awards are now the most influential and highly respected in Australia.
• The Charlotte Waring Barton Award is named in honour of Charlotte Waring Barton (1797–1867),
the author of Australia’s earliest known children’s book. The book is titled A Mother’s Offering to
Her Children: By a Lady, Long Resident in New South Wales. It was published anonymously in 1841
by the Gazette Office in Sydney. The identity of the authorship was discovered in 1980 by Marcie
Muir.
HarperCollins Publishers Australia & New Zealand is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With nearly 200 years of history and more than 65 unique imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year, in over 30 languages, and has a print and digital catalogue of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott medals and the Man Booker Prize.
HarperCollins Children’s Books aims to inspire and nurture a lifelong love of reading by publishing the best books for children of all ages. One of the leading publishers of children’s books, it is recognised for nurturing new talent as well as boasting a reputable list of established bestselling authors. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia is home to many of the biggest names in children’s literature past and present, including May Gibbs, Norman Lindsay, Ruth Park, C.S. Lewis, Dr. Seuss, David Walliams, Jackie French, Veronica Roth and John Green.
