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The Awards

2024 Awards night gallery
Click here to view the 2023 Awards Winners

WINNER

Nothing About Kissing

Author: Kathryn Lomer
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Open Short Story Finalists

Second

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God

Author: Jane Downing

Third

Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve

Author: Paulette Gittins

Junior Short Story Finalists

WINNER

The Dragon Apprentice

Author: Jane Pearce
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2nd Place

A Lady’s Treasure

Author: Malavika Shibu

3rd Place

Outsiders

Author: Sean Kelly

Highly Commended: Gabrielle Elford – We are Outcasts
Highly Commended: Alyx Thompson – Ava
Commended: Riann Cabaraban – New Tides
Commended: Joshua Hunter – Three disasters for a wolf
Commended: Olivia Neville – The Willow Child
Commended: Rueben Prouse – Rival Cities
Commended: Samuel Paul – Dishwasher

Youth Short Story Finalists

WINNER

Stella

Author: Tori Pettie
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2nd Place

Music to My Ears

Author: Ayra Fatima

3rd Place

Heard Below

Author: Felix Jensen

Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – I’ll be All You Need and More
Highly Commended: Jasdeep Kaur – Cross Asian
Highly Commended: Lila Plunkett – The Gulls
Commended: Batul Mgoter – Strawberry Seeds
Commended: Eliza Cowen – My Beloved Ghost and Me
Commended: Cara Pearce – A Life Worth Living
Commended: Khiem Nguyen – The Diner

Youth Poetry Finalists

WINNER

Odyssey to the land of Wonder.

Poet: Hannah Bhullar

2nd Place

Hometown

Poet: Ali Alkundi

3rd Place

Soul’s Eclipse

Poet: Cedric Pang

Highly Commended: Riley Wooster – Biyala
Highly Commended: Poppie Carboon – Citrus
Highly Commended: Felix Walker – Vessel
Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – Forever
Commended: Darcy Mintern – A Window of Solace
Commended: Bellamy Church – Crumbling
Commended: Tori Pettie – I Love You; Isn’t that Enough?

Junior Poetry Finalists

WINNER

Energetic!

Poet: Milo Rose
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Equal 2nd Place

For Future’s Sake

Poet: Milo Rose

Equal 2nd Place

My Bruised Legs

Poet: Errol Rose

3nd Place

Worn out Boots

Poet: Errol Rose

Highly Commended: Errol Rose – All the Morning Spent Swimming
Highly Commended: Amelia Castles – Norfolk Island
Commended: Malavika Shibu – Grow
Commended: Coen Pang – Bushfire
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Happiness
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Spring

2024 Open Short List

The Shortlist has been listed in alphabetical order of the Title.

  • Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God

    Jane Downing

  • Casino

    Elizabeth Walton

  • Crook Creek

    Robert Johnson

  • E for Eternity

    Kathy Sharpe

  • Herbie and Gerda Bring Cake

    Paulette Gittins

  • Island Fever

    Amy St Lawrence

  • Justice

    Rowena Harding-Smith

  • My Mother

    Minh Hien

  • Nothing about Kissing

    Kathryn Lomer

  • One Man

    Lesley Boland

  • Probe

    Christine Fontana

  • Quarry

    Emma Ashmere

  • Screaming Ears

    Thomas Alan

  • Should‘ve, Could’ve Would’ve

    Paulette Gittins

  • The Bear

    Phillip Everett

  • The Chicken and the Egg

    Deborah May

2024 Open Long List

  • Going Down Swimming

    Janice Barr

  • A Very Pretty Wedding

    Michael Uniacke

  • How The Story Ends

    Chris Thompson

  • By Any Other Name

    Deirdre Caslick

  • Cow

    Chris Thompson

  • The Psychic Tip

    Hannah Damcevski

  • The Sea’s Unwanted Things

    Lee Frank

  • The Wanderer

    Ben Ellison

  • The Day the Pelican Stole My Cap

    Emi W

  • Alone Time in the Truck

    Tom Allen

  • Just Below the Surface

    Layla Homewood

  • Screaming Ears

    Thomas Alan

  • E for Eternity

    Kathy Sharpe

  • Lockdown

    Kathy Sharpe

  • Preserved

    Jay McKenzie

  • Don’t Forget About Us

    Regan Longfield

  • Lamb Boy and I

    Elisa Trunzo

  • After Hours

    Sophie Overett

  • Quarry

    Emma Ashmere

  • Running Water

    Caileen Cachia

  • Less for Murder

    Paul Mitchell

  • My Name is Ben

    Jennifer Curtis

  • Crook Creek

    Robert Johnson

  • The Chicken and the Egg

    Deborah May

  • Justice

    Rowena Harding-Smith

  • Probe

    Christine Fontana

  • Tattoo

    Susan Yardley

  • My Sweary Neighbour

    CJ Garrow

  • The Carnivorous River

    Cassy Nunan

  • Casino

    Elizabeth Walton

  • Iris

    J Anne DeStaic

  • Smoke

    Susanna Freymark

  • If Wishes Were Horses

    Coco Stallman

  • Bond Girl

    CJ Garrow

  • Welcome To My Bush Block

    Yolanda Ho

  • The Welcome

    Matthew Crowe

  • Cicada

    Cindy Wang

  • For Injured Wildlife

    Chloe Hillary

  • Marrow

    Meredyth Tamsyn

  • One Man

    Lesley Boland

  • #ModernLove

    Philippa Freegard

  • Island Fever

    Amy St Lawrence

  • They Don’t Feel a Thing

    Candice Rose

  • The Bear

    Phillip Everett

  • The Reunion

    Susan Richardson

  • The Pool

    Tim Loveday

  • Gay Baby

    Jonathan O’Brien

  • My Mother

    Minh Hien

  • Nothing about kissing

    Kathryn Lomer

  • Piranhas in Her Eyes

    Vahida Berberovic

  • Law of the Tongue

    KA Rees

  • In Her Hands

    Averil Robertson

  • The Frogs

    Thomas Hickmott

  • Lyrebird

    Callum Robinson

  • Aunt Rose

    Abigayle Carmody

  • Schrodinger’s Migrant

    KT Major

  • Satellite

    Fiona Marshall

  • At the End of the Word

    Doug Jacquier

  • Sand

    Kim Aikman

  • Tyger, Tyger

    Doug Jacquier

  • Hanging Around

    Jan Twomey

  • The Polly Prank

    Alexandria Blaelock

  • Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God

    Jane Downing

  • The Stream

    Kendrea Rhodes

  • Winter Spell

    Gillian Barnett

  • Horse-play

    Mali Boller

  • Should‘ve, Could’ve Would’ve

    Paulette Gittins

  • Herbie and Gerda Bring Cake

    Paulette Gittins

  • Bernice

    Patricia Balfour

  • What is Culture, Without Memory?

    Rachel Weisz

  • Slow

    Anthony Lynch

  • Five Dollars

    Anthony Lynch

  • The Dam

    Damian O’Donnell

  • The Journey Home

    Atul Joshi

  • The Wind Lifts You, it Takes You Forward

    Claire Aman

  • Things That Are Given Away and When They Return

    Mars Landing

  • The Track

    Peter Arnold-Nott

  • A day in the city

    Mahli Benjamin

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