Rees Quilford takes out Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction
Rees Quilford, a PhD student from the Lab, has won the 2021 Bass Coast Prize for Non-Fiction.
The essay is a mixed-media piece (creative non-fiction with polaroid photographs) documenting his daily swimming, walking and watching at Cape Paterson during the first COVID winter.
Rees has been awarded a $5000 prize and has been doing local media interviews including a reading on ABC Gippsland radio.
The prize announcement with judges comments is online and the the essay itself is availble via the Bass Coast Post: Adrift in shallow waters: 92 days of winter swimming, walking & watching.
Day 5 by Rees Quilford
Essay at the beach by Rees Quilford
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