Awards and Fellowships

National Biography Award

The National Biography Award is Australia's richest biography prize and is open to citizens and permanent residents of Australia who have published a work of biography or autobiography. The prize is worth $20,000 and is administered by the State Library of New South Wales on behalf of the award's benefactors, Dr Geoffrey Cains and Michael Crouch, A.M. 
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Magarey Medal for Biography

Awarded biennially, the Magarey Medal for Biography is open to women who have published a biography of an Australian subject in the previous two years. The prize is worth $10,000 (indexed for inflation) and is administered by the Australian Historical Association and the Association for the Study of Australian Literature.
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Kibble Literary Award

The Kibble Literary Award is awarded annually and recognises the work of established female writers in the area of life-writing. The work must be written and published during the period of the award and describe day to day Australian life. Established by Nita May Dobbie in honour of her aunt Nita Kibble (1879-1962), the first woman librarian with the State Library of New South Wales, the award is worth $25,000 and is administered by Perpetual Trustees.
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Seymour Summer Scholarship

The Seymour Summer Scholarship was established to support postgraduate students under the age of 30, who are Australian citizens or permanent residents, and want to undertake biographical research at the National Library of Australia. The scholarships are for a period of six weeks commencing on the first working day of January each year. The award was established by John and Heather Seymour who also sponsor the annual Seymour Biography Lecture.
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