Richard Webster Popular Fiction Award

The Richard Webster Award is for an unpublished manuscript. Popular fiction encompasses a variety of genres e.g. thriller, romance, historical fiction, detective/crime, humour, science fiction, fantasy. First prize is $5000 (sponsored by Richard Webster) and publication of the manuscript by Hazard Press Ltd.

Note: The Award is no longer offered

2005

C. George Muller Into the Shadows

2004

Michael Cartlidge Night and the Sea

2003

Rhonda Bartle The Lie of the Land

2002

Andrew Grant Mesquite Smoke Dance

2001

Winner: The Inca Tapestry - David Rawson
Runner up: The Irish Yankee - Edmund Bohan