Lovely to note Kristyn J. Saunders is the winner of the Local Entry Category for the poetry section of this year’s prize.
Prize winners, along with highly commended writers and poets —
Short Story
Winner Open Category
Flight by Terry Donnelly (VIC)
Winner Local Category
Protective Measures by Carmel Macdonald Grahame (VIC)
Winner Youth Category
Burning Cedar by Matilda Mayson (NSW)
Winner Mayor’s Prize
Footfalls Echo in the Memory by Charlotte Elizabeth Chidell (VIC)
Highly Commended Open Category
Driving with Goats by Claire Aman (NSW)
Damages by Hannah Duffus (VIC)
Busting by Kristen Tytler (VIC)
Highly Commended Local Category
Milkmouth by Maggie Januloska (VIC)
Highly Commended Youth Category
The Fencer by Winter Kuhaupt (VIC)
Her by Kelsey Beck (QLD)
Gate 62 by Ayaan Mohiuddin (VIC)
The Bird and the Worm by Jenny Wright (WA)
Poetry
Winner Open Category
Visit to the Columbarium by Richenda Rudman (VIC)
Winner Local Category
Over There by Kristyn J. Saunders (VIC)
Winner Youth Category
Our Candid Colosseum by Raihan Ameur (VIC)
Highly Commended Open Category
Sorry Time by Brenda Saunders (NSW)
Contrapuntal Facing Houla, Southern Lebanon by Dženana Vucic (VIC)
Highly Commended Local Category
Ulupna Island (Non-)Elegy by Anders Villani (VIC)
Memory Like Dory by Fee Sievers (VIC)
Undoing by Zana Fraillon (VIC)
Highly Commended Youth Category
Riding by Bruce Ru (NSW)
Ceiseag by Eartha Davis (VIC)