$15,000
The biennial Prize is made to an outstanding book, CD ROM or DVD which presents an original and convincing perspective on one or more published works of acknowledged excellence and historical renown originating from any language, literary or cultural tradition.
To be eligible, the nominated work must be written by a living Australian scholar and it must focus primarily on analyzing, understanding, and rendering literary texts accessible to a contemporary readership. Annotated re-editions of texts may be considered if they can be shown to be the result of intense literary scholarship and if they present the original texts in a new light.
For further information: Detailed guidelines and application forms for the 2008 Prize will be available from Arts NSW in October 2007.