ACT Book of the Year Award

ACT Book of the Year Award
First award1993
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The ACT Book of the Year Award is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory. The award was inaugurated in 1993 with $5,000 prize money. The Award showcases the talent and the excellence of local authors and is also intended to "inspire those who have an idea, a seed for a book to ‘pick up the pen’ and get writing".