The inscribed glass eel trap sculpture created for the Stanner Award by Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, winner of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2013.
Entries for the 2017 Stanner Award open Friday 1 July 2016 and close at 5pm (EST) Tuesday 31 January 2017.
Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the biennial Award is open to all aspiring Indigenous authors of academic works.
The author of the winning submission will receive $5000 in prize money, an inscribed glass eel trap sculpture, mentoring and editorial support to turn their manuscript into a publication, and publication by the award-winning publishing arm of AIATSIS, Aboriginal Studies Press.
Aboriginal Studies Press will also consider all entries for possible publication.
The Stanner Award provides an important avenue for Indigenous scholars to contribute to national debates. The eventual winner will join a list of exceptional titles from Aboriginal Studies Press and a growing list of titles where Indigenous scholars examine and write about their people and culture through their own eyes.
Named in honour of the late Emeritus Professor W.E.H. (Bill) Stanner, the Award recognises the eminent anthropologist’s life and work and his significant contribution to establishing the Institute.
Established in 1985, the Stanner Award is a part of the AIATSIS’ commitment to facilitating and publishing high-quality research in Australian Indigenous studies.
Read more about the Stanner Award.
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