Emma Darcy Award

In 1993, Frank and Wendy Brennan (aka Emma Darcy) came up with the idea to sponsor a full manuscript contest. Australia and New Zealand have some wonderful writers, but because of the tyranny of distance, needed some encouragement and motivation to finish the damn book. So the Emma Darcy Award was born. With an unprecedented cash prize of AUS$2,000 and the added bonus of getting their manuscripts in front of an acquiring editor, writers from all over Australia (and overseas!) took up the challenge. An incredible number of Emma Darcy Award entrants have found the joys of publication.

Winners

• 1994 - Eyes of a Stranger - Tracey Cooper-Posey, writes for Ellora's Cave
• 1995 - The Last Resort - Ginny Gibbs
• 1996 - For Love Or Money - Bronwyn Jameson, writes for the Silhouette
• 1997 - Cullen's Bride - Fiona Brand, writes for Silhouette and Mira
• 1998 - Black Pearl - Jill Watkinson
• 1999 - The Father Deal - Yvonne Lindsay, writes for Silhouette
• 2000
• 2001 - Full Circle/The Tie That Binds - Laura Ruch, writes for Silhouette
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004 - Rich Man's Revenge - Tessa Radley, writes for Silhouette
• 2005 - The Magnificent Marriage - Anna Campbell, writes for Avon

Finalists

• 1998 - Ashleigh Bingham, writes for Robert Hale
• 1999 - Melissa James, writes for Silhouette
• 1999 - Nalini Singh, writes for Silhouette
• 1999 - Trish Morey, writes for Mills & Boon
• 2000 - Ris Wilkinson, writes for Mills & Boon
• 2000 - Maxine Sullivan, writes for Silhouette
• 2001 - Sandy Curtis, writes crime novels for Pan
• 2007 - The Sword - Alison Stuart, writes for Wings Press