S. H. Prior Memorial Prize

Australian fiction award

The S.H. Prior Memorial Prize was an Australian literary award for a work of fiction. It was established in 1934 by H. K. Prior in recognition of his late father, Samuel Henry Prior, who was editor of The Bulletin. It was open to Australian residents or persons born in Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific islands.[1]

Award winners:

  • 1935: Kylie Tennant – Tiburon[2]
  • 1936: Miles Franklin – All That Swagger[3]
  • 1937-1938: Not awarded[4]
  • 1939: Miles Franklin and Kate Baker – Who Was Joseph Furphy?[5]
  • 1940: Eve Langley – The Pea Pickers; M. H. Ellis – Lachlan Macquarie; Kylie Tennant – The Battlers[6]
  • 1941: Not awarded
  • 1942: Gavin S. Casey – It's Harder for Girls[7]
  • 1943-1944: Not awarded
  • 1945: Douglas Stewart – The Fire on the Snow[6]
  • 1946: Brian James – Cookabundy Bridge[6]

References

  1. ^ "Fiction Prize". The Sun. No. 7554. New South Wales, Australia. 17 March 1934. p. 4 (Cricket Stumps). Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "S.H. Prior Memorial Prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 450. New South Wales, Australia. 7 August 1935. p. 7. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Woman Novelist". The Sun. No. 8283. New South Wales, Australia. 21 July 1936. p. 9 (Country Edition). Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Prior Memorial Literary Prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 090. New South Wales, Australia. 25 August 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Literary Prize to Women". Daily News. Vol. 1, no. 227. New South Wales, Australia. 23 August 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b c "Advertising". The Age. No. 28, 476. Victoria, Australia. 31 July 1946. p. 9. Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "WA Book Best Of Year". Daily News. Vol. LX, no. 21, 000. Western Australia. 24 July 1942. p. 10 (CITY FINAL). Retrieved 17 February 2019 – via National Library of Australia.