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harbinger | noun

har·​bin·​ger | \ˈhär-bən-jər\

1. one that initiates a major change: a person or thing that originates or helps open up a new activity, method, or technology; pioneer.

2. something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come.

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The Harbinger Prize 2026

Key dates and procedure:
Competition announcement: 27 April 2026 ✅
Prompts and selection criteria announcement: 4 May 2026 ✅
Submission opens: 1 September 2026 ✅
Submission deadline: 30 November 2026
Shortlist announcement: 20 December 2026
Interviews: 11–25 January 2027
Winners announcement: 14 February 2027

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Harbingers’ Weekly Brief

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2026 Special Newsroom

Editor’s pick

Film & Book Club

Featured author

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Tanya ChiContributor Sydney, Australia

Born in 2007 in Shanghai, Tanya moved to Australia when she was 1 year-old. She advocates for environmental sustainability and volunteers with Hysteria, a student-run literary magazine, as its Chief Graphic Designer.

She loves Model United Nations and is very active in UN Youth activities in Australia, including Negotiations and the Evatt Cup. Currently, she is studying Agriculture, Latin and History as her electives and is thoroughly enjoying learning about the Ottoman Empire, subjunctive clauses, and how dairy farms operate.

Tanya enjoys designing posters in her spare time, watching video essays on how Tumblr’s unique format affects its user base and reading about heavy metal contamination in waterways.

Tanya joined Harbingers’ Magazine in the autumn of 2023, after she won the 2nd prize in The Harbinger Prize 2023 Essay on Humanities category.

She speaks English, Mandarin and Shanghai Dialect.

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