The Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes are literary prizes that are awarded biennially in four categories by the Tasmanian Government . There are two panels of three judges: one for the book prizes, the other for the emerging writers and young writer's fellowship. In September 2021 the Tasmanian Government announced that the awards had been renamed the Tasmanian Literary Awards , would only be open to writers living in Tasmania. The six new categories are:
5-472: Awarded for the best book with Tasmanian content. This prize, named in honour of well-known Tasmanian writer, Margaret Scott (1934–2005) is awarded for the best book by a Tasmanian author. The first three awards were for best book by a Tasmanian publisher. Since 2013 the University of Tasmania Prize has been awarded for the best new unpublished literary work by an emerging Tasmanian writer. Awarded to
10-442: A young writer and sponsored by philanthropists. In its first year it was open to writers under 35, but for 2017 the age was lowered to under 30. Margaret Scott (Australian author) Margaret Daphne Scott (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2005) was an Australian author, poet, comedian, educator and public intellectual. Margaret, her first husband, playwright Michael Boddy and her first son, Daniel, migrated to Tasmania from
15-635: The United Kingdom in 1959. Two more children, Kate and Marcus, were born in Tasmania. From 1979, she lived with legal scholar Michael Scott and had her final child, Sarah, as well as becoming the step mother to Jane, Christian and Katharine Scott. In 1978, Margaret received her PhD from the University of Tasmania , and was head of the English department at the university until 1989. She worked at
20-500: The university for over 25 years, but left to devote herself full-time to her writing career. Her publications include four books of poetry, two novels, a libretto and numerous articles. She became well known in Australia in the 1990s as a regular guest on the television show Good News Week . She was also known for her activism on environmental issues and human rights. In 1995, a portrait of Margaret Scott by painter Geoffrey Dyer
25-626: Was a finalist in the Archibald Prize . The prize is awarded for a painting, "preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics." In 2005, she was selected for the inaugural Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women and received the Australia Council Writers Emeritus Award. She died of emphysema . In 2007 the inaugural Margaret Scott Prize for best book by a Tasmanian author
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