The State Library of Western Australia announces the Call for Entries for the 2010 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards including a new category, the Digital Narrative Award.

Entry is open to books, scripts and digital narrative which have been published/produced between 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.  To be eligible authors must be citizens or permanent residents of Australia or whose work has Australia as its primary focus. The closing date for entries is 5pm Monday 31 January 2011.

There are 8 categories in the Awards:  Fiction, Non-Fiction, Children's Book, Writing for Young Adults, Poetry, Scripts, State Library of Western Australia West Australian History Award and the new Digital Narrative Award which recognises the use of new media in storytelling/writing.

An additional Premier's Prize of $25,000 is presented to the overall winner, chosen from the category winners.

Prize money is made available by the Western Australian Government.  The West Australian History Award is sponsored by the State Library of Western Australia.

Short listed entries will be announced in June 2011.

The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards are managed by the State Library of Western Australia.

Writers and publishers wanting to enter can find the Guidelines and Online Entry Form on the State Library's website at http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pba.html

For more information regarding the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards please contact Doug George on (08) 9427 3150.