WORKSHOP: Writing Your Best Short Story
Saturday 29 November
10 am – 4 pm
In-person – Joy Cummings Centre
Online via Zoom
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Join Catherine McNamara, judge and editor of the 2024 and 2025 Newcastle Short Story Award, for a practical workshop on the contemporary short story. You’ll explore ideas, openings, structure, voice, dialogue, revision and submissions, with examples from award-winning stories.
NEWS: Awards Calendar Announced
Hunter Writers’ Centre is pleased to announce a new rhythm for our national awards.
A confirmed calendar with fixed points in the literary year for writers and storytellers to plan around.
Omar Musa Wins first and second prize of Newcastle Short Story Award
Omar Musa, a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, NSW, has won first and second prize in the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award.
2024 Newcastle Short Story Award Ceremony
EVENT NOW OVER
Join us for the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award Ceremony and Anthology Launch.
Newcastle Short Story Award – Shortlist Announced
COMPETITION CLOSED
Hunter Writers’ Centre is thrilled to announce the shortlist of the Newcastle Short Story Award, celebrating outstanding short fiction from writers across Australia.
2023 Newcastle Short Story Award Shortlist
Hunter Writers’ Centre is pleased to announce twenty-nine standout stories as the 2023 Newcastle Short Story Award shortlist.
2023 Newcastle Short Story Award
Calling all wordsmiths and storytellers! Submissions for the Newcastle Short Story Award are now open!
Entries close Friday 20 October.
2023 Newcastle Short Story Award
Submissions for the Newcastle Short Story Award are now open!
Entries close Friday 20 October.