'It's a scam': Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius surprised by $234,000 prize win

Cornelius was among eight international writers to win the Windham-Campbell prize – which they didn’t know they were in the running for

As has almost become cliché among Australian winners of the Windham-Campbell prize, Patricia Cornelius thought it was a hoax.

Reading the email telling her she had won $US165,000 ($AU234,000), Cornelius thought “It’s a scam. It’s too easy.”

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