Our first Poetry and Fiction competition has drawn to a close. We received an overwhelming number of submissions and thank everyone who submitted their creative work. We would like to congratulate all shortlisted writers – their works are listed here in no particular order.
Poetry:
They Leave by Night, by Sharon Hammad
Number 631, by Robert Verdon
Hope Road, by Kathleen McLeod
The Long House, by TM Collins
No Asians. Your desire, by Jake Dennis
The Single Father, by Tiggy Johnson
Another World, by Margaret Ruckert
Borderlands, by Hayley Elliott-Ryan
Fiction:
Wednesday is Cooking Day, by Laura McPhee-Browne
Short Story ideas about Violence, After Doris Lessing, by Sam Wilson
Anna Be Quick, by Jamie Derkenne
Akinyi Martha (full stop), by Filipa Bellette
Sediment, by Alice Bishop
After, by Christy Collins
Here are the Dogs, by Laura McPhee-Browne
Hard Rubbish, by Rose Hartley
All shortlisted pieces will be published on the website; one poem and one short story every Friday from mid-March to mid-May. Be sure to check this page for links to read these incredible works.
Additionally, we will now announce the competition winners and runners up:
Poetry Winner: No Asians. Your desire, by Jake Dennis
Poetry Runner Up: Number 631 by Robert Verdon
Fiction Winner: Akinyi Martha, by Filipa Bellette
Fiction Runners Up: Hard Rubbish, by Rose Hartley; and
Short Story Ideas about Violence, After Doris Lessing, by Sam Wilson
Congratulations to our winners and runners up. Our winners are the recipients of $500 in prizemoney and will be published in the upcoming Right Now anthology. Our runners up will also be published in the anthology and will be awarded $100. We hope you can celebrate these creative pieces with us at the launch of the anthology, around 29 May 2014.
