We are proud to announce the winners of the Alice Sinclair Writing Competition.
This year saw the greatest number of entries ever received by the Alice Sinclair Writing Competition. There were over 180 entries, and our judges were impressed by the high standard of writing. A ‘long list’ of entries has also been created in addition to the winning entries to acknowledge the high quality of work.
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered the competition.
WINNERS
Category A — Poetry
First Prize
Kathryn Fry for ‘About the Centre, Even Now’ (NSW)
Second Prize
Nicole Rain Sellers for ‘Grace’ (NSW)
Commended
Scott-Patrick Mitchell for ‘The Morning Star’ (WA)
Gail Galloway for ‘Two Crows’ (TAS)
Category B — Short Story
First Prize
David Spitzkowsky for ‘Aunty’ (VIC)
Second Prize
Ru Bee Chung for ‘Ghost’ (VIC)
Commended
Terence Phillips for ‘Eileen’ (NSW)
Kate Murdoch for ‘The Bonfire’ (NSW)
LONG LIST
Poetry ‘long list’ (in alphabetical order of author surname)
| Title | Author | |
| Isolation Poem | McPherson | Belfort |
| life’s joys | Jean | Bohuslav |
| Making up the end | Anne | Casey |
| You are Home My Love You are Home | Jennifer | Catalano |
| Colossal Centralian Clouds | Dave | Clark |
| Stages | Bethany | Evans |
| Hypervigilance | Katherine | FitzHywel |
| Spring Frost | Kate | Maxwell |
| Following the Bees Home | Kaye | Roberts-Palmer |
| Ode to Calm | Ellen | Shelley |
| Monologue | Kathy | Tierney |
Short Story ‘longlist’ (in alphabetical order of author surname)
| Title | Author | |
| 16th September 1998 | Deniz | Agraz |
| Dry Ground | Flora | Bloomfield |
| Rollo | Peter | Court |
| A Good Neighbour | Maz | Goldrick |
| Pearl Dust | James | Horsfall |
| Coming Home | Ruari Jack | Hughes |
| Death of Nebula | Michael | Morell |
| The Wrong Mother | Denise | Newton |
| Finding My Way | Jasmin | Pradhan |
| Promises | Ian | Reid |
| Coming Home | Ernie | Rijs |
| Two Picture Hooks | Kathleen | Robison |
| Comes a Reckoning | Edith | Speers |
