Viva la Novella
Launched in 2012 by Seizure literary journal, Viva la Novella is the only stand-alone novella competition in Australia. Winners receive a cash prize and publication with Seizure in print and digital formats. Past winners include Marlee Jane Ward, who won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Writing for Young Adults Prize[1] for her young adult novella, Welcome to Orphancorp; and Mirandi Riwoe who was shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize[2] for her novella, The Fish Girl. One of 2019's winners, Offshore, was optioned[3] by Sydney filmmaker, Partho Sen-Gupta.
Viva la Novella winners[edit]
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Viva La Novella I (2013) | Jane Jarvis Read | Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall |
| Viva La Novella II (2014) | Daniel Davis Wood | Blood and Bone |
| Julie Proudfoot | The Neighbour | |
| Hoa Pham | The Other Shore | |
| Nicole Smith | Sideshow | |
| Viva La Novella III (2015) | Marlee Jane Ward | Welcome to Orphancorp |
| Jane Rawson | Formaldehyde | |
| Christy Collins | The End of Seeing | |
| Viva La Novella IV (2016) | Rose Mulready | The Bonobo's Dream |
| George Haddad | Populate and Perish | |
| Viva La Novella V (2017) | Stephen Wright | A Second Life |
| Mirandi Riwoe | The Fish Girl | |
| Viva La Novella VI (2018) | Avi-Duckor Jones | Swim |
| Anna Jackson | The Bed-making Competition | |
| Viva La Novella VII (2019) | Carly Cappielli | Listurbia |
| Joshua Mostafa | Offshore | |
| Viva La Novella VIII (2020) | Lana Guineay | Dark Wave |
| Bryan Walpert | Late Sonata |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2016". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Stella Prize 2018 shortlist continues to shake up the Australian literary landscape". ABC Arts. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ↑ "Film rights to Mostafa's 'Offshore' optioned". Books + Publishing. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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