Australian Au Wins 2020 Novel Prize

Australian writer Jessica Au has won the 2020 Novel Prize for her unpublished novel Cold Enough for Snow. The Novel Prize is a biennial award for an unpublished book-length work of literary fiction written in English by anyone around the world.

It honors books that "explore and expand the possibilities of the form, and are innovative and imaginative in style." The winner receives $10,000 and simultaneous publication in the UK and Ireland by the London-based Fitzcarraldo Editions, in Australia and New Zealand by Sydney publisher Giramondo, and in North America by New York’s New Directions.

Au's novel will be published in 2022.

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