Tom Collins Prize in Australian Literature [F1969]

1. The Tom Collins Prize of $50 (or such other sum as may from time to time be determined according to the annual income available) out of the annual income on $500 presented in 1949 by Samuel Joseph Furphy as the endowment for a prize in Australian literature in memory of Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins), is open to all members of the University enrolled for degree courses.

2. The prize is awarded by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to the student who, in the opinion of the examiner or examiners appointed by the trustees (the Vice-Chancellor, the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies and the President of the Fellowship of Australian Writers [WA Branch]), has written the best essay on a subject connected with literature or art in Australia.

3.(1) The subject for the essay is determined by the examiner or examiners in November in the year preceding the year of award, and essays must be submitted to the Senior Faculty Administrative Officer, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences by 1 November in the year of award.

(2) Essays must be in typescript and must not exceed 5000 words.