Congratulations to the 1500 people who entered the contest and poured so much effort and passion into their stories.
We appreciate the time and skill of the judging panel, which comprised the former Editor-In-Chief of The Weekly, Robyn Foyster, Ali Watts, Associate Publisher, Adult Books, of Penguin and literary agent, Selwa Anthony.
Big thanks must go to the Penguin Group (Publisher of the Year), whose generous sponsorship makes the whole contest possible and represents an outstanding investment in new Australian writing.
Names of the winner and runner-up were announced in the September issue of The Weekly. For those who may have missed them, they are:
First Prize of $10,000 was awarded to Catherine Lyons of Epping, NSW, for her story Ghosts Of The Willows. Catherine, a busy mother of three, travelled to the Byron Bay Writers Festival, with the compliments of the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre, organisers of the festival, to accept the award and read an excerpt from her winning story. Ghosts Of The Willows will be published in an upcoming issue of The Weekly.
A cheque for $5000 went to runner-up, Terri Green of Wyong Creek, NSW, whose story, Ambush, will also appear in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
The other finalists (in no particular order) were:
Reading Between The Lines by Carolyn Alfonzetti of NSW
Mrs Mellor’s Last Will And Testament by Sonja Viduka of Victoria
Storm And A Teacup by Rose Gill of NSW
Cut The Mustard by Francesca Sciacca of Victoria
Miss Ann Thrope by Rachel Tara of Queensland
Precious Little by Joseph Reich of Victoria
Fly On The Wall by Lucy Bignall of Queensland
Now, sharpen your pencils and start dreaming up new plots in readiness for our next short story contest, to be announced in coming months in The Australian Women’s Weekly.
Carol George
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