Congratulations to SCBWI Australia West member Amanda Betts, who has won the $10,000 Text Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Writing 2012.
Betts' novel Zac and Mia, about a friendship that develops between two teenagers who meet in an oncology ward, is described as 'a realistic novel about being a young person in extraordinary circumstances'.
As the winner, Betts will receive a publishing contract with Text and a $10,000 advance against royalties.
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