Published 10 April 20171 May 2017 · News / Prizes / Announcement Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers: the winners Editorial team Now in its fourth year, the Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. Sponsored by the University of Melbourne’s Trinity College, the prize alternates each year between fiction and poetry; this year’s prize is for the best short story (up to 3000 words) by an Indigenous writer under 30. First place is $5000, publication in Overland’s print magazine, and a three-month writer’s residency at Trinity College, the oldest student residence at the University of Melbourne. Two runner-up prizes have also been awarded. We are very pleased to announce the final results of this year’s Nakata Brophy Prize: First place Evelyn Araluen – ‘Muyum: a transgression’ A deconstructive exorcism of cultural trauma and return. Evelyn Araluen is a poet, activist, educator and PhD candidate working with Indigenous literatures at the University of Sydney. Her work has been published in Overland, Cordite, Southerly, Rabbit and The Best Australian Poems 2016. Born and raised on Dharug country, she is a descendent of the Bundjalung nation. Runner-up Allanah Hunt – ‘Invisibility isn’t only a power superheroes have’ In a time where everyone fights to shine more than another, four people are invisible, unable to form a bright enough sparkle to make the world care. Allanah Hunt is a Barkindji woman studying a Creative Writing PhD at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK. Two of her four novels placed Highly Commended in the Kuril Dhagun Indigenous Writing Fellowships. She is passionate about highlighting contemporary issues and bringing them to a wider audience. Runner-up Amy McQuire – ‘Tea and dying’ ‘Tea and Dying’ is about the different ways we express and perceive grief, and how the misinterpretation of our pain can end up hurting us as a collective. Amy McQuire is a Darumbal and South Sea Islander freelance journalist and writer from Central Queensland. Her work is focused on justice, and she is currently co-hosting an investigative podcast called Curtain, about an Aboriginal man wrongfully convicted of murder. In their notes, judges Tara June Winch, Jennifer Mills and Katherine Firth commented that ‘Invisibility isn’t only a power superheroes have’ was a lively and surprising story with a ‘quiet menace’, while ‘Tea and dying’ was a ‘thoughtful, playful and sophisticated’ reflection on mortality. They also write that ‘Muyum: A Transgression’, the winning story, ‘is an extraordinary piece of writing from the first line to the last’. Full judges’ notes will be available when all three stories are published alongside Overland’s winter edition (out late June). Thanks to our hard-working judges and all our entrants. The Nakata Brophy Prize will reopen on 1 December, and will this time be seeking poetry (up to 88 lines). Editorial team More by Editorial team › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 18 October 202418 October 2024 · Prizes Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 shortlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. First prize includes $5000, an optional writing residency at Trinity College, and publication of the successful piece in […] 16 February 202419 February 2024 · Announcement Statement of the Board of Overland Literary Journal Editorial team We, the Board of Overland literary journal, make the following statement in support of Editors-in-chief Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk and the entire Overland staff. We are a diverse Board made up of writers, unionists, lawyers, academics, activists, and arts industry workers. Our Board includes First Nations peoples as well as members of Australia’s Jewish community.
