{"id":19,"date":"2013-06-03T01:33:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mm.danielsmithonline.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2022-11-15T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T06:26:36","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marianmcguinness.com\/index.php\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entering writing competitions, although subjective, pits your words against others. It\u2019s a buzz when one of your articles or stories catches the eye of a judge. \u00a0The great discipline is to work to wordage, themes and audience, and if critiques are included as part of the competition, then that&#8217;s a bonus.<\/p>\n<p><b>TRAVEL, SHORT STORY AND NON-FICTION WRITING AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2022 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Winner, Best Immersive Travel Experience Story<\/li>\n<li>2022 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best Aussie Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>2022 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best International Story<\/li>\n<li>2021 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best Aussie Road Trip<\/li>\n<li>2021 The Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize, shortlisted with\u00a0<em>Meditation in Stone<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2019 Lane Cove Literary Award for Travel Writing, with\u00a0<em>On First Seeing Antarctica<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2019 Lane Cove Literary Award for Short Story,\u00a0<em>Death by Prawning<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2017 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Winner, Best Australian Story<\/li>\n<li>2016 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best International Story<\/li>\n<li>2013 Australian Festival of Travel Writing, Winner, with <i>Opal Odyssey \u2013 Travels in Lightning Ridge, NSW<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2012 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best Australian Story<\/li>\n<li>2009 Australian Society of Travel Writers, Finalist, Best International Story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CHILDREN\u2019S WRITING AWARDS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2022 Pitch It &#8211; shortlisted with\u00a0<em>Weedy Dandelion<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 Writers Unleashed (FAW) Picture Book Writing competition, shortlisted and Highly Commended with\u00a0<em>One Woolly Jumper<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 Writers Unleashed (FAW) Picture Book Writing competition, shortlisted with\u00a0<em>The Splinter<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 CYAll Stars, 2nd place, Chapter Books for Older Readers, with\u00a0<em>Merlin Houdini MIndweaver<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 StoryLinks Short Story competition, finalist with\u00a0<em>Queenie&#8217;s Jiggly-Jolly\u00a0<\/em><i>Holiday<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2021 CYAll Stars, 3rd place, with\u00a0<em>Astrid &amp; Lucy &#8230; Bestie or Beastie<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2019 Writers Unleashed (FAW) Picture Book Writing Competition, 2nd place, with\u00a0<em>The Great Chicken Getaway<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">2016 CYA conference, 1st place, Chapter Book, with\u00a0<em>Over Ice Under Sea<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> 2016 CYA conference,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">2nd place, Chapter Book, with\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bug Boy goes Camping<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">2015-16 ASA Edel Wignell Mentorship, with\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Desknapped &#8230; into Treasure Island<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2014 CBCA Charlotte Waring Barton Award and Mentorship with Random House, with <i> What Tilly Found<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2014 CBCA Aspiring Writers&#8217; Mentorship, Shortlisted with <i> Ruby and the Writing Shack<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2014 ASA Emerging Writers and Illustrators Mentorship, with <i> Edwena the Wise and Edwena and the Lost Flame<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2014 CYA conference, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place, Chapter Book, with <i>Tilly Goes Specking<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2014 Mary Grant Bruce Award (FAW), Commended, with\u00a0<em>Tilly Goes Specking<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2013 Writers Unleashed Picture Book Manuscript Competition, Finalist, with <em>Maestro Mouse<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2012 CYA conference, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place, Chapter Book, with <i>Desknapped<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2011 Mary Grant Bruce Award (FAW), Commended, with <i>Leech Creek<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2011 CYA conference, 1<sup>st<\/sup> place, Chapter Book, with <i>Astrid Nine-Names<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2011 Nairda Lyne Award (FAW), Highly Commended, with <i>The Trouble with Trolls<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2010 Mary Grant Bruce Award (FAW), Commended, with <i>Ghost Games<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2010 Celapene Press Charlotte Duncan Award, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> prize, with <i>Invisible Gran<\/i><\/li>\n<li>2010 Nairda Lyne Award (FAW), Highly Commended, with <i>The Magic Spoon<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entering writing competitions, although subjective, pits your words against others. 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