Newcastle Short Story Award 2022
Prizes
1st Prize
$2000
donated by
Winner
Benjamin Hickey
Stop Motion
2nd Prize
$1000
donated by
Kotara*
see our Conditions of Entry for the details of this prize
Winner
Gabby in Bed
Finegan Kruckemeyer
3rd Prize
$700
donated by
Winner
The Sins of Coal Ridge
A.J. Henry
$250 prize pack: latest Kindle, microphone and headphones
Winner
Good Shoes
Andrea Rowe
$200
Commended Award
Winner
The Bendigo Marxist Ladies’ Auxiliary
Amanda Hildebrandt
Commended Award
Residency at Lighthouse Arts
(valued at $200)
Winner
After
Darcy-Lee Tindale
Local Awards
If your short story is selected for the anthology and you live in a Hunter region LGA you are eligible for one of these prizes:
$250 Wine Voucher
Winner
The Waves
Glenn Stuart Beatty
A 6 pack of Varietal Pepper Tree Wines plus a voucher (valued at $120) to The Vault for a ‘Best of Four Worlds’ Tasting for 4 people.
Winner
Pigboy on the Train
Shea J Evans
A case of wine
Winner
Cosmic Latte
Michael Tippett
$100 Cellar Door Voucher
Winner
Earthquake Correspondents
Garry Jennings
Finalists
Special thanks to this year’s judges, Joey Bui and Bram Presser, along with all who entered.
The winners will be announced soon and the finalists will have their story published in the Newcastle Short Story Award 2022 anthology.
Pigboy on the Train
Shea J Evans
The Birdwatcher
Christine Johnson
The Bone Pearl
Keshe Chow
Skin
Alison Bernasconi
Stop Motion
Benjamin Hickey
The Colonel
Vito Milana
Burial of A Dream
Jim Brigginshaw
Stoneboat
Gregory Jeffers
The Waves
Glenn Stuart Beatty
Roundabout
Lisa Kate Moule
Lost at Sea
Martin Watson
The Visit
Morna Seres
Chrysallis: The Aftermath
Michelle Thomas
Down Into the Hellhole
Jim Brigginshaw
Earthquake Correspondents
Garry Jennings
Good Shoes
Andrea Rowe
Opal
Michael Mueller
R&R
Sinead Reilly
The Bonfire
Kate Murdoch
Girl
Keren Heenan
Superman
Dan Davies
Wonder Lost
Regina Botros
After
Darcy-Lee Tindale
Dead Dreams
Sandeep Kumar Mishra
Eleven Thirty
Sally Jane Smith
Friday
Rosanne Dingli
Too Much and Not Enough
Kathryn Goldie
Cosmic Latte
Michael Tippett
Get It Off Your Chest
TJ Heesh
Hermit’s Hut
Kerry Munnery
Homecoming
James Noonan
My Cousin Has Bought a Metal Detector
Catherine Moffat
Gabby in Bed
Finegan Kruckemeyer
The Sins of Coal Ridge
A.J. Henry
2022 judges
Competition judge, Joey Bui
Joey Bui is a Vietnamese Australian writer. Her debut book, Lucky Ticket, won the University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award and was shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, among others. Joey was also named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists of 2020.
Competition judge, Bram Presser
Bram Presser is a semi-reformed punk rocker, recovering academic, lapsed criminal lawyer and two-time cartoon character. His debut novel, The Book of Dirt, won the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction (USA), the Voss Literary Prize (Aus) and three prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the People’s Choice Award.
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