Posted 14.05.2024
UQP titles longlisted for the ALS Gold Medal
We are delighted to announce that five UQP titles have been longlisted for the 2024 ALS Gold Medal! They include:
- The Flirtation of Girls by Sara M Saleh
- Non-Essential Work by Omar Sakr
- The Exclusion Zone by Shastra Deo
- Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko
- Personal Score by Ellen van Neerven
The ALS Gold Medal is awarded annually for an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year. The Medal was inaugurated by the Australian Literature Society, which was founded in Melbourne in 1899 and incorporated into the Association for the Study of Australian Literature in 1982.
The ALS Gold Medal will be awarded in July 2024.
Congratulations to Sara, Omar, Shastra, Melissa and Ellen!