The Awards

2024 Awards night gallery

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WINNER

Nothing About Kissing

Author: Kathryn Lomer

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Open Short Story Finalists

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God

Author: Jane Downing

Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve

Author: Paulette Gittins

Junior Short Story Finalists

WINNER

The Dragon Apprentice

Author: Jane Pearce

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A Lady’s Treasure

Author: Malavika Shibu

Outsiders

Author: Sean Kelly

Highly Commended: Gabrielle Elford – We are Outcasts
Highly Commended: Alyx Thompson – Ava
Commended: Riann Cabaraban – New Tides
Commended: Joshua Hunter – Three disasters for a wolf
Commended: Olivia Neville – The Willow Child
Commended: Rueben Prouse – Rival Cities
Commended: Samuel Paul – Dishwasher

Youth Short Story Finalists

WINNER

Stella

Author: Tori Pettie

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2nd Place

Music to My Ears

Author: Ayra Fatima

3rd Place

Heard Below

Author: Felix Jensen

Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – I’ll be All You Need and More
Highly Commended: Jasdeep Kaur – Cross Asian
Highly Commended: Lila Plunkett – The Gulls
Commended: Batul Mgoter – Strawberry Seeds
Commended: Eliza Cowen – My Beloved Ghost and Me
Commended: Cara Pearce – A Life Worth Living
Commended: Khiem Nguyen – The Diner

Youth Poetry Finalists

WINNER

Odyssey to the land of Wonder.

Poet: Hannah Bhullar

2nd Place

Hometown

Poet: Ali Alkundi

3rd Place

Soul’s Eclipse

Poet: Cedric Pang

Highly Commended: Riley Wooster – Biyala
Highly Commended: Poppie Carboon – Citrus
Highly Commended: Felix Walker – Vessel
Highly Commended: Tori Pettie – Forever
Commended: Darcy Mintern – A Window of Solace
Commended: Bellamy Church – Crumbling
Commended: Tori Pettie – I Love You; Isn’t that Enough?

Junior Poetry Finalists

WINNER

Energetic!

Poet: Milo Rose

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Equal 2nd Place

For Future’s Sake

Poet: Milo Rose

Equal 2nd Place

My Bruised Legs

Poet: Errol Rose

3nd Place

Worn out Boots

Poet: Errol Rose

Highly Commended: Errol Rose – All the Morning Spent Swimming
Highly Commended: Amelia Castles – Norfolk Island
Commended: Malavika Shibu – Grow
Commended: Coen Pang – Bushfire
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Happiness
Commended: Saeesha Golhar – Spring

2024 Open Short List

The Shortlist has been listed in alphabetical order of the Title.

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God
Jane Downing
Casino
Elizabeth Walton
Crook Creek
Robert Johnson
E for Eternity
Kathy Sharpe

Herbie and Gerda Bring Cake
Paulette Gittins
Island Fever
Amy St Lawrence
Justice
Rowena Harding-Smith
My Mother
Minh Hien

Nothing about Kissing
Kathryn Lomer
One Man
Lesley Boland
Probe
Christine Fontana
Quarry
Emma Ashmere

Screaming Ears
Thomas Alan
Should‘ve, Could’ve Would’ve
Paulette Gittins
The Bear
Phillip Everett
The Chicken and the Egg
Deborah May

2024 Open Long List

Going Down Swimming
Janice Barr
A Very Pretty Wedding
Michael Uniacke
How The Story Ends
Chris Thompson
By Any Other Name
Deirdre Caslick
Cow
Chris Thompson
The Psychic Tip
Hannah Damcevski
The Sea’s Unwanted Things
Lee Frank
The Wanderer
Ben Ellison
The Day the Pelican Stole My Cap
Emi W
Alone Time in the Truck
Tom Allen
Just Below the Surface
Layla Homewood
Screaming Ears
Thomas Alan
E for Eternity
Kathy Sharpe
Lockdown
Kathy Sharpe
Preserved
Jay McKenzie
Don’t Forget About Us
Regan Longfield
Lamb Boy and I
Elisa Trunzo
After Hours
Sophie Overett
Quarry
Emma Ashmere

Running Water
Caileen Cachia
Less for Murder
Paul Mitchell
My Name is Ben
Jennifer Curtis
Crook Creek
Robert Johnson
The Chicken and the Egg
Deborah May
Justice
Rowena Harding-Smith
Probe
Christine Fontana
Tattoo
Susan Yardley
My Sweary Neighbour
CJ Garrow
The Carnivorous River
Cassy Nunan
Casino
Elizabeth Walton
Iris
J Anne DeStaic
Smoke
Susanna Freymark
If Wishes Were Horses
Coco Stallman
Bond Girl
CJ Garrow
Welcome To My Bush Block
Yolanda Ho
The Welcome
Matthew Crowe
Cicada
Cindy Wang
For Injured Wildlife
Chloe Hillary
Marrow
Meredyth Tamsyn

One Man
Lesley Boland
#ModernLove
Philippa Freegard
Island Fever
Amy St Lawrence
They Don’t Feel a Thing
Candice Rose
The Bear
Phillip Everett
The Reunion
Susan Richardson
The Pool
Tim Loveday
Gay Baby
Jonathan O’Brien
My Mother
Minh Hien
Nothing about kissing
Kathryn Lomer
Piranhas in Her Eyes
Vahida Berberovic
Law of the Tongue
KA Rees
In Her Hands
Averil Robertson
The Frogs
Thomas Hickmott
Lyrebird
Callum Robinson
Aunt Rose
Abigayle Carmody
Schrodinger’s Migrant
KT Major
Satellite
Fiona Marshall
At the End of the Word
Doug Jacquier
Sand
Kim Aikman

Tyger, Tyger
Doug Jacquier
Hanging Around
Jan Twomey
The Polly Prank
Alexandria Blaelock
Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God
Jane Downing
The Stream
Kendrea Rhodes
Winter Spell
Gillian Barnett
Horse-play
Mali Boller
Should‘ve, Could’ve Would’ve
Paulette Gittins
Herbie and Gerda Bring Cake
Paulette Gittins
Bernice
Patricia Balfour
What is Culture, Without Memory?
Rachel Weisz
Slow
Anthony Lynch
Five Dollars
Anthony Lynch
The Dam
Damian O’Donnell
The Journey Home
Atul Joshi
The Wind Lifts You, it Takes You Forward
Claire Aman
Things That Are Given Away and When They Return
Mars Landing
The Track
Peter Arnold-Nott
A day in the city
Mahli Benjamin

The Awards

Nothing About Kissing

Author: Kathryn Lomer

Open Short Story Finalists

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, God

Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve

Junior Short Story Finalists

The Dragon Apprentice

Author: Jane Pearce

A Lady’s Treasure

Outsiders

Youth Short Story Finalists

Stella

Author: Tori Pettie

Music to My Ears

Heard Below

Youth Poetry Finalists

Odyssey to the land of Wonder.

Poet: Hannah Bhullar

Hometown

Soul’s Eclipse

Junior Poetry Finalists

Energetic!

Poet: Milo Rose

For Future’s Sake

My Bruised Legs

Worn out Boots

2024 Open Short List

2024 Open Long List

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