1997 ANUTECH prize

By Alex Gould

The ANU Reporter and the university's commercial wing ANUTECH are once again holding the annual ANUTECH Literary Competition.

The contest, which began in 1992, offers an Apple Macintosh Computer and software package valued at $2,500 to the winners of the poetry and short story competitions.

The value of the prize has helped establish the competition which attracts hundreds of writers each year.

Separate panels judge the short story and poetry entries.

Judging the poetry section are previous judges, Richard Selth and Frank McMahon. They will be joined this year by Dr Rosemary Campbell of the ANU's English department.

Previous judges for the short story competition, Veronica Sen and Stephen Matthews will be joined by Robyn Carter, an experienced book editor working for the National Library of Australia.

Short story writers and poets, both amateur and established, are encouraged to enter the competition and entries are accepted from Australia and overseas.

There are no restrictions on subject matter, however short stories must be less than 1,800 words and poems should be 25 lines or less.

There is a strict limit of one entry in each category per person, resubmissions from previous years will not be accepted. Entries must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere until the winners are announced on December 10.

This year, due to changes in the publication of the ANU Reporter, finalists' entries will be published in the editions of June 25 and November 26 and the winners will be announced on December 10, in the last issue of the year.

The closing date for all entries is October 10. There is no entry fee or entry form. All entries and inquiries should be addressed to ANU Reporter, Public Affairs Division, I Block, Old Admin Area, Canberra ACT 0200, marked "ANUTECH Prize".