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UNDER THE SILVER TREE SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2023

The Short Story Competition has now been judged!

Massive congratulations to the winner, Jodie How from Western Australia.


Thank you to everyone who entered, and to all involved in the organising, judging, and supporting of this fantastic competition.


An incredible ninety entries from across Australia and overseas were judged by Claire Corbett, published author and fiction editor of Australian literary magazine, Overland. Claire teaches creative writing at UTS Sydney, and serves on the board of Varuna, the National Writers’ House.

Results

Winner - Jodie How

“We All Dreamt of Water”

(Available to be read here once published in Overland Magazine)

Highly Commended - Kristof Mikes-Liu

“Where Monsters Tread”

(Read entry here)

    Local Winner - Deb Hunt                            Junior Winner -S.D.Munawarra

    “The Man With No Eyebrows”                        “Land mines and Earthworms”

    (Read here)                                                           (Read here)


Commended

(in no particular order)

    Maureen Clark    Jen Thomson    Caitlin Mahony    Deborah Huff-Horwood 

    Sean Crawley    Jean-Luc Leon Pierre    Averil Robertson

Some authors have agreed to have their stories published.

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