One-Day Short Story Competition

Judged by Kate De Goldi, Gavin Bishop and Sally Blundell, this story-writing competition was open to two age groups. The winners are Nic Gorman in the adult section, and Kerry Lane in the youth section. Congratulations!

Thanks to all the authors who took part. Some authors have given permission for their work to be published here. Please note that to preserve formatting, stories are published as .pdf files.

Stories

• Nic Gorman: Reasons for Voyaging Winner 18+ section
• Kerry Lane: Sunday Afternoon Winner 13- 17-year-old section
• Melanie Dunlop: Dark Spark
• Paulien Martens: The Road to Nowhere
• KenzyAnne Hartung: Writer's Block
• Katie Delaney: Trinity
• Irene Absalom: Who Nose?
• Adam Mace: Seagull
• Elizabeth Cronin: Cleo and Clarke on Sunday
• Vida Zelenka: Lipstick and felt creatures

Age groups, prizes

• 13–17 years: 1500 words max.
  First prize $250 and publication of short story in The Press.
• 18+ years: 1500 words max.
  First prize $750, publication of short story in The Press, one night at the Classic Villa, dinner for two at the Curator’s House and tickets for the Court Theatre.

Sponsored by The Press.