The Richell Prize

“HACHETTE AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES SUSANNAH BEGBIE AS WINNER OF THE 2022 RICHELL PRIZE”

Hachette Australia, along with the Richell family and in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival and Pedestrian TV, is honoured to announce Susannah Begbie as the recipient of the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for 2022.

Hachette Australia, together with the Richell family, established The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers in partnership with The Guardian Australia and The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF). The Prize was launched in 2015 in memory of Hachette Australia’s CEO, Matt Richell, who died suddenly in July 2014.

Read the full statement and watch the presentation HERE

A number of people have reached out to find out more about entering the Richell Prize. It’s a great opportunity - you should go for it! So I made a video but it’s is too long for social media so I put it here. Enjoy and good luck.

The websites which you should also look at are:

https://www.hachette.com.au/richell-prize/

https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/