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QLA launches crowdfunding campaign

Organisers of the Queensland Literary Awards (QLA) have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for this year’s awards and to ‘sustain the awards for the future’.

The campaign, which is being conducted through Pozible, aims to raise $20,000 by 3 September. So far, around $5000 has been pledged since the campaign launched on 8 August.

Contributors are being offered a range of rewards, from ‘I Love Literature’ badges and books nominated for the 2012 and 2013 awards to an invitation to this year’s awards presentation ceremony.

As previously reported by Books+Publishing, QLA organisers successfully raised more than $20,000 in 2012 through a similar crowdfunding campaign.

The 2013 awards will be presented in Brisbane on 4 September. You can view the shortlist for the Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award here. The shortlists for the other categories will be announced on 20 August. For more information about the awards, visit the website here.

 

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