Kit Denton Fellowship

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The Kit Denton Fellowship, later Kit Denton Disfellowship, is an Australian literary award presented at the AWGIE Awards by the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) between 2007 and 2012.

The award was named after Kit Denton, a lifetime member of the AWG, well known as a scriptwriter, author, poet and lyricist. He wrote the international best selling novel, The Breaker, about the life and death of Breaker Morant. Kit Denton was the father of TV personality, Andrew Denton. [1]

The Kit Denton Fellowship was presented to a writer who shows courage and excellence in performance writing. [1] The award was worth A$25,000, to support the recipient in their writing work and assist them in developing a marketable script. [2]

In 2011, the fellowship was relaunched as the Kit Denton Disfellowship, funded by the Australian Writers Foundation and Andrew Denton's company Zapruder's Other Films [3] to the tune of $30,000. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2007 Kit Denton Fellowship Awarded to Ian David". Australian Writers' Guild. 18 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  2. ↑ Maddox, Garry (13 August 2009). "Awarding writers brave and bold". The Age. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Kit Denton remembered in Writers Foundation Disfellowship". RadioInfo Australia. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ The IF Team (15 September 2011). "AWF announces Kit Denton Disfellowship shortlist". IF Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "AWGIE special awards 1973-2015" (PDF). AWG. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Suzie Miller Named As 2008 Kit Denton Fellow". Australian Writers' Guild. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Writers of Courage Awarded $25,000 Kit Denton Fellowship". Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Writer of Courage Awarded $30, 000 Kit Denton Fellowship" . Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  9. ↑ Edgy Project Wins the 2011 Kit Denton Disfellowship
  10. ↑ Angela Betzien ins 2012 Kit Denton Disfellowship
  11. ↑ "Angela Betzien Wins 2012 Kit Denton Disfellowship". Australian Writers' Guild. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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