In 2024, we invited writers and storytellers nationwide to participate in the Grieve Project and expanded the scope of storytelling genres to include prose, poetry, and a variety of multimedia formats such as film, audio, graphic storytelling, and visual imagery.
This expansion enriched the storytelling landscape of the Grieve Project and the conversation about grief and loss in our community.
Below are the submissions in mediums other than prose and poetry that were prize winners or longlisted in the 2024 competition. For prose and poetry winners, scroll down.
Mixed Media Award-Winners
‘It Started with a Crimper’
Spoken word audio
Artist: Natalie A Vella
Winner of the Palliative Care NSW Award
‘Imagine’
Song
Artist: Malaika Mfalme
Winner of the Newcastle Memorial Park Award
Mixed-Media Longlist
‘Excerpts from an Artist’s Book’
Video
Artist: Emma Nicholson
‘After the Smoke has Cleared’
Video
Artists: James Rolevink
‘The Fall’
Song
Artist: Paul Searle
‘And so it went’
Film
Artist: Michèle Jedlicka
‘Signs Point to Yes’
Spoken word audio
Artist: Sean West
Grieve - Volume 11
The accompanying 2024 Grieve Anthology captures the diverse voices and experiences of grief and loss. The anthology presents the longlisted works from the 2024 competition and is available from the Hunter Writers’ Centre website.
2024 Grieve Project Poetry and Prose Winners
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National Association of Loss and Grief (NALAG) NSW Award — Linda Atkins, ‘Six Weeks Later’ — Prose
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Palliative Care NSW Award — Natalie A Vella, ‘It Started With a Crimper’ — Audio
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Pettigrew Family Funerals Award — Rita Potente, ‘For I have loved you’ —Poetry
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National Association of Loss and Grief (NALAG) NSW Award — Morgan Jones, ‘Shadows and Tall Trees’ — Photograph
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National Association of Loss and Grief (NALAG) NSW Award — Natalie Bock, ‘It’s All Mental’ — Poetry
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All About Grief Award — Alex Grantham, ‘Not as much as them’ — Prose
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Hunter Writers’ Centre Award — Damen O’Brien, ‘Mourning’ — Poetry
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Griefline Award — J.F. Bolton, ‘Lovely Freyja’ —Prose
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Newcastle Memorial Park Award — Malaika Mfalme, ‘Imagine’ — Song
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Lake Macquarie Memorial Park Award — Sian Taylor, ‘Fever Dream’ — Prose
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Everymind Award — KT Major, ‘Paper Guitar’ — Prose
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Compassionate Friends Awards — Linda Harding, ‘The Water of My Life’ — Prose
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In Memoriam: Manny Arcaro — Nat Newman, ‘One Of Us’ — Prose
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Chris Morley Prize for Creative Use of Non-standard Terminology — Luciana Croci, ‘stone and bone’ — Poetry
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In Memoriam: Yvonne Avery Hannah Power, ‘How to Lose Your Mind’ — Prose
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In Memoriam: Robert Miller — Javier Bateman ‘The house is haunted (and we can’t leave)’ — Poetry
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In Memoriam: Gaetan Briffa — Natalie Grant, ‘How to: A Pantoum for Grief’ — Poetry
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In Memoriam: Carmela Moretti — Kate Maxwell, ‘Into the Forest’ — Poetry
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In Memoriam: Antonia Buono — Maree Reedman, ‘Bruce Dances with His Mother’ — Poetry
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