The 2022 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Poetry Winner – Sammi Wu

Sammi Wu’s poem Art Class has been awarded The 2022 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers in the category of poetry. Wu was presented with the award online at the National Young Writers Festival at a special event, and won a $500 cash prize, an exclusive book pack from Hachette Australia and acknowledgement of their […]

The 2021 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Poetry Winner – Jihad Yassine

Jihad Yassine’s poem Box has been awarded The 2021 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers in the category of poetry. Yassine was presented with the award online at the National Young Writers Festival at a special event, and won a $500 cash prize, an exclusive book pack from Hachette Australia and acknowledgement of their winning entry […]

The 2020 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Poetry Winner – Aleksandr Little

Aleksandr Little’s story A Kriol Love Call has been awarded The 2020 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers in the category of poetry. Aleksandr was presented with the award online at the National Young Writers Festival at a special event, and won a $500 cash prize, an exclusive book pack from Hachette Australia and acknowledgement of […]

Meet the young poets of Toolkits: Poetry!

We’re stoked to be kicking off Toolkits: Poetry with 8 talented young poets from across Australia, participating in Toolkits: Poetry. In just the third year of the Toolkits program, we received many applications, making the selection process a difficult one. For 12 weeks, these young poets will explore the histories, language and the changing face […]

Meet the young writers of Toolkits 2018!

We’re stoked to be kicking off Toolkits 2018 with 16 talented young writers from across Australia, participating in Toolkits: Fiction and Toolkits: Nonfiction. In just the third year of the Toolkits program, we received many applications, making the selection process a difficult one. We’re excited to introduce the 8 young writers selected for Toolkits: Ficton […]

Meet the young writers of Toolkits 2017

We’re stoked to be kicking off Toolkits 2017 with 16 talented young writers from across Australia. In just the second year of the Toolkits program, we received 98 applications, making the selection process a difficult one. We’re excited to introduce the 8 young writers selected for Toolkits: Fiction and 8 poets and poets-to-be taking part […]