Ursula Robinson-Shaw, author of the short story
Bird Swing
wins the
Newcastle Short Story First Prize
sponsored by the
University of Newcastle
The 2020 anthology is now available for purchase:
Congratulations to Kathy Prokhovnik (NSW) who has won the $1700 Second Prize sponsored by City of Newcastle
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Clearing the Air’ by Kathy Prokhovnik
Congratulations to
George McElroy who has won the
Catchfire Press $500 Highly Commended award
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Future Proof’ by George McElroy, VIC
Congratulations to
Michelle Wright who has won the
Newcastle Law Society $250 Highly Commended award
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Salt’ by Michelle Wright, Vic
Congratulations to
Jo Langdon who has won the
Maclean's Booksellers
$200 Commended award
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Fishery’ by Jo Langdon, Vic
Congratulations to
Andrew Roff who has won the
Foghorn Brewhouse $200 Commended award
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Leibniz and Newton Take the Train’ by Andrew Roff, SA
More prizes announced soon
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 ‘Man Vs Fish’ by M.J. Reidy, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Save Us, John’ by Krista Mullally, WA
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 Koel’ by Susan McCreery, NSW
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘There Is’ by Alan Whelan, NSW
Congratulations to
Marg Hickey who has won the
$1000 Third Prize donated by Westfield KotaraListen 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 ‘Meet You Halfway’ by Belinda Hermawan, WA.
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 ‘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 ‘Pull the Other One’ by Anne Erskine
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Laundromat’ by Ellen Rodger
Listen to a 3 minute excerpt from the short story ‘Mistress of Her Destiny’ by Claudia Ellen King, NSW
Also selected to be published in the 2020 anthology: Winner of a $200 commended prize: Paper Cranes by Camha Pham (Vic) Winner of the Macquariedale Organic Wines $250 voucher: Rumours from a War by Glenn Stuart Beatty (NSW) More River by Zoe Deleuil (Germany) The Loss of a Day by Ann Erskine (Bali) At My Grandmother’s by Roland Leach (WA) Bird Swing by Ursula Robinson-Shaw (Vic) The Emerald Leaf by Judith Wallis (Qld) Learn about our other major literary competitions: Grieve and Newcastle Poetry Prize purchase a previous anthology
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.
