AlburyCity Short Story Award

The annual AlburyCity Short Story Award is open to entrants throughout Australia. Stories can be up to 3000 words.

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2010

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Winner
Just a Job
Jacqueline Winn
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Winner (Primary)
The River
Alexandra Croft

2011

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Winner
The Solution
Beverley Lello, Yackandandah, VIC

2012

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Winner
So Thin
Beverley Lello, Yackandandah, VIC

2013

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Winner
Counting Pegs
Julie Chilver, Cooran, QLD

2014

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Winner
Shadows of Ships
Susan Webster, Warragul VIC
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Highly commended
Between the Rails
Jennifer Morris, Gooramadda VIC
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Highly commended
The Crush
Jacqui Garvey, Indigo Valley VIC

2015

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Winner
Pensioner's Concession
Mark Brandi, East Brunswick, VIC
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Highly commended
Asking For It
Melanie Napthine, Frankston, VIC
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Highly commended
Closing the Gap
Julie Twohig, West Brunswick, VIC
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Commended
Lights Out
Melanie Clark, Fitzroy, VIC
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Commended
My Apa
Christine Kearney, Canberra, ACT

2016

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Winner
Background
SJ Finn, St Kilda, VIC
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2nd place
Life Drawing
Dorothy Simmons, Albury, NSW
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3rd place
Big C
Ian Harrison, Hornsby Heights, NSW

2017

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Winner
Amber Shadow
Anne Brinsden, Yarraville VIC
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Highly commended
Fish Tales
Jacinta Richards, Elwood VIC
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Highly commended
Total Eclipse
Cassie Hamer, Queens Park NSW
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Commended
Looking After
Catherine Deery, Wendouree VIC
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Commended
Tidy Town
Susan Bennett, Warragul VIC

2018

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Winner
Love's T(ri)(str)angle
Carmel Lillis, VIC
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Highly commended
On the Edge
Janeen Samuel, VIC
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Highly commended
Apples
Elisabeth Yarbakhsh, ACT
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Commended
The Roadhouse
Nell Crawford, WA
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Commended
Xanax Country
Susan Bennett, VIC

2019

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Winner
To Say It
Jodie Kewley, Red Hill South, VIC
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2nd place
Detonators
Roger Vickery, Freshwater, NSW
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3rd place
Damaged Sole
Jean Flynn, Ballarat, VIC
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Highly commended
Spray
Jane O'Sullivan, Maroubra, NSW
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Highly commended
The Statement
David Russell, Mile End, SA

2020

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Winner
dark about the light
Rob Johnson, Croydon, NSW
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2nd place
The Dismissal
Claire Aman, Grafton, NSW
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3rd place
Cigarettes and T-Shirts
Ellen Rodger, Newtown, NSW

2021

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Winner
Mine
Rebecca Howden, Kensington, VIC
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2nd place
Mikey
Vivien MacJohn, Forest Lodge, NSW

2022

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Winner
The Newswatchers
Hei Gou, Leichhardt, NSW
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2nd place
Things to Do Before You Die
Alison Gibbs, Ashbury, NSW
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3rd place
Fires for the Dead
Gayle Marien, Wonthaggi, VIC

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