Congratulations to these authors selected to be published in the 2020 Newcastle Short Story anthology
Prizewinners will be announced soon
Which story will be a prizewinner?
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Gold’ by Jenni Mazaraki, Vic
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Salt’ by Michelle Wright, Vic
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Baby Store’ by Eleanor Limprecht, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Nail House’ by Sean Wilson, Vic
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Romantics’ by Margaret Hickey, Vic
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Koel’ by Susan McCreery, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘There Is’ by Alan Whelan, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Leibniz and Newton Take the Train’ by Andrew Roff, SA
In alphabetical order by surname:
Rumours from a War by Glenn Stuart Beatty (NSW)
Greta by Craig Billingham (NSW)
The Ibis Bedroom Tree by Zoe Deleuil (Germany)
More River by Zoe Deleuil (Germany)
Jesus Sticker by Phil Enchelmaier (Qld)
Pull the Other One by Ann Erskine (Bali)
The Loss of a Day by Ann Erskine (Bali)
Meet You Halfway by Belinda Hermawan (WA)
The Romantics by Marg Hickey (Vic)
Mistress of Her Destiny by Claudia Ellen King (NSW)
Fishery by Jo Langdon (Vic)
Corvus Orru by Wendy Langridge (Qld)
At My Grandmother’s by Roland Leach (WA)
The Baby Store by Eleanor Limprecht (NSW)
Gold by Jenni Mazaraki (Vic)
The Koel by Susan McCreery (NSW)
Future Proof by George McElroy (Vic)
Anadyomene by Myles McGuire (Qld)
The Coffin by Carol Middleton (Vic)
Save Us, John by Krista Mullally (WA)
Paper Cranes by Camha Pham (Vic)
Clearing the Air by Kathy Prokhovnik (NSW)
Man Versus Fish by Michelle Reidy (NSW)
Bird Swing by Ursula Robinson-Shaw (Vic)
Laundromat by Ellen Rodger (NSW)
Leibniz and Newton Take the Train by Andrew Roff (SA)
The Emerald Leaf by Judith Wallis (Qld)
There Is by Alan Whelan (NSW)
Nail House by Sean Wilson (Vic)
Salt by Michelle Wright (Vic)
The 2020 Newcastle Short Story Award anthology will be available for sale next month
Two more competitions open now: Grieve and Newcastle Poetry Prize
Which story will be a prizewinner?
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Anadyomene’ by Myles McGuire, Qld
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Coffin’ by Carol Middleton, Vic
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Corvus Orru’ by Wendy Langridge, Qld
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Greta’ by Craig Billingham, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Future Proof’ by George McElroy, VIC
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Jesus Sticker’ by Phil Enchelmaier, Qld
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘The Ibis Bedroom Tree’ by Zoe Deleuil, Germany
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Mistress of Her Destiny’ by Claudia Ellen King, NSW
Prizes
1st Prize
$3000
donated by
Humanities and Social Science
2nd Prize
$1700
donated by
3rd Prize
$1000
donated by
Kotara*
see our Terms and Conditions for the details of this prize
$500
Highly Commended Award
$250
Highly Commended Award
$200
Commended Award
$200
Commended Award
$200
Commended Award
Local Awards
$250 wine voucher
A case of wine
6 pack of Varietal Wines valued at $120 plus a voucher to The Vault for a ‘The Roots Run Deep’ Tasting for 4 people – valued at $80
$100 Cellar Door Voucher
2020 judges
Competition judge, Laura Elvery
is the author of the short story collection, Trick of the Light (UQP, 2018). She has won the Josephine Ulrick, Margaret River, Neilma Sidney and Fair Australia short story prizes, and has written for Overland, Meanjin, Griffith Review and The Big Issue fiction edition. Laura lives in Brisbane.
Competition judge, Khalid Warsame
is a writer, editor and arts-producer. His essays, fiction, poetry, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including The Lifted Brow, The Saturday Paper, Overland Literary Journal, The Big Issue, Cordite Poetry Review, and Meanjin. He has appeared as a facilitator and guest artist at writers festivals, most recently at the Sydney Writers Festival and Melbourne Writers Festival. He sits on the Program Advisory Committee for the Emerging Writers Festival as well as the Industry Advisory Committee for the Creative Writing program at RMIT.
