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Multicultural NSW Award

The Multicultural NSW Award ($20,000) is offered for a book, a play, musical drama or comedy, theatrical monologue or other theatrical performance, the screenplay of a feature or documentary film or episode of a television program, or the script of a radio play or documentary. 

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