A photo of a gold trophy.

Announcing the winner of the inaugural Nigel Krauth Prize

The Nigel Krauth Prize is awarded annually to the strongest work published in the volumes of TEXT in the preceding year.

The prize remembers the contributions of co-founding TEXT editor, Nigel Krauth, who was Managing Editor of the journal from 1997 to 2023.

2024 Winner of the Nigel Krauth Prize is:

Jessica White, for the scholarly article
Moving between worlds: Creativity, disability and storytelling

2024 Highly Commended works include:

Stef Markidis, for the scholarly article
Writing in the wake of movement: Deleuze, dance and life writing

Amelia Walker, for the creative work
Week Thirteen

All publications in TEXT between 1 November 2023 and 31 October 2024 were automatically eligible for this award. The TEXT editorial team selected the winner and commended works based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to the journal’s aims and scope;
  • Style and readability;
  • Quality of the research/innovation/analysis;
  • Potential impact or contribution to the discipline.

The winner receives a $500 cash prize, contributed this year by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs.

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About Sarah Giles

Sarah Giles (she/her) is a PhD candidate at Swinburne University researching the possibilities of the contemporary short story cycle exploring women’s experiences of isolation, trauma and mental illness. Her writing has been published in The Writing Mind: Creative Writing Responses to Images of the Living Brain, ACE III and ACE IV (Arresting Contemporary stories by Emerging Writers), The Incompleteness Book, TEXT Journal among others. Sarah works at Writers Victoria as Marketing and Memberships Officer and is a sessional tutor across multiple universities.