The State Library of NSW has opened nominations for the NSW Premier’s History Awards 2017. A total of $75,000 in prize money will be presented to the winners at an awards ceremony in September 2017.
Administered by the State Library of NSW, in association with Arts NSW, the NSW Premier’s History Award will offer prizes in five categories this year:
- Australian History Prize ($15,000)
- General History Prize ($15,000)
- New South Wales Community and Regional History Prize ($15,000)
- Young People’s History Prize ($15,000)
- Multimedia History Prize ($15,000)
All works nominated for the 2017 NSW Premier’s History Awards must be first published, screened, broadcast or made publicly available between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017. Nominations may be made by authors or by their authorised representative: agent, publisher, professional theatre company, film distributor, production company, or broadcasting company or corporation.
You can read more about each award here.
Nomination forms and guidelines for the awards are available here.
Entries close 5pm Friday 7 April 2017.
For more information please contact: Senior Project Officer, Awards at the State Library of NSW on (02) 9273 1605 or (02) 9273 1582 or awards.library@sl.nsw.gov.au