Past winners of the Dorothy Hewett Award
Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) is considered one of Australia’s leading writers whose work captures and disrupts ideas of normalcy in twentieth century Australian culture. In 1986, Hewett was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her services to literature. Hewett won the Western Australian Premier’s Poetry Award in 1994 and 1995 for her collections Peninsula and Collected Poems: 1940-1995.
The Dorothy Hewett Award is hosted by UWA Publishing and supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. It is a national award for unpublished manuscripts and run annually in the month of November. The award is open to all writers regardless if they have been published before or not. To enter and find out more click here.
2024
2023
Winner announced: Kirsty Iltners
2022
Winner announced: Brendan Ritchie
2021
Winners announced: Josh Kemp and Kgshak Akec
2020
2019
Winner announced: Angela Rockel
The Dorothy Hewett Award announces change to become a national award
2018
In 2017 we chose to align the award with the year of announcement
2016
Winner announced: Odette Kelada
2015
Winner announced: Josephine Wilson
