At the other end of the age scale from the John Marsden Prize is the CAL Scribe Fiction Prize, which is sponsored by Scribe Publications and the CAL Cultural Fund. The prize will be awarded to "an unpublished manuscript by an Australian writer over 35. The winner will receive $12,000 and a book contract from Scribe. We are now accepting submissions: the prize is open to any writer over 35, who may or may not have been published before." Entries close on 15 October, and the word count is 40,000 to 120,000 words.
Sort of an anti-"Australian"/Vogel Award, I guess.
