{"id":3721,"date":"2026-05-19T04:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walleahpress.com.au\/currajah\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:46:10","slug":"nillumbik-prize-for-contemporary-writing-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walleahpress.com.au\/currajah\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/nillumbik-prize-for-contemporary-writing-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lovely to note Kristyn J. Saunders<\/a> is the winner of the Local Entry Category for the poetry section of this year’s prize.<\/p>\n

Prize winners, along with highly commended writers and poets<\/a> \u2014<\/p>\n

Short Story<\/h3>\n

Winner Open Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flight<\/em> by Terry Donnelly (VIC)<\/p>\n

Winner Local Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protective<\/em> Measures <\/em>by Carmel Macdonald Grahame (VIC)<\/p>\n

Winner Youth Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Burning<\/em> Cedar<\/em> by Matilda Mayson (NSW)<\/p>\n

Winner Mayor\u2019s Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

Footfalls<\/em> Echo<\/em> in<\/em> the<\/em> Memory<\/em> by Charlotte Elizabeth Chidell (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended <\/strong>Open Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Driving with Goats<\/em> by Claire Aman (NSW)<\/p>\n

Damages<\/em> by Hannah Duffus (VIC)<\/p>\n

Busting<\/em> by Kristen Tytler (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended Local Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milkmouth<\/em> by Maggie Januloska (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly<\/strong> Commended Youth Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

The<\/em> Fencer<\/em> by Winter Kuhaupt (VIC)<\/p>\n

Her<\/em> by Kelsey Beck (QLD)<\/p>\n

Gate<\/em> 62<\/em> by Ayaan Mohiuddin (VIC)<\/p>\n

The<\/em> Bird<\/em> and<\/em> the<\/em> Worm<\/em> by Jenny Wright (WA)<\/p>\n

Poetry<\/h3>\n

Winner Open Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit<\/em> to<\/em> the<\/em> Columbarium<\/em> by Richenda Rudman (VIC)<\/p>\n

Winner Local Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over There<\/em> by Kristyn J. Saunders (VIC)<\/p>\n

Winner Youth Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our<\/em> Candid<\/em> Colosseum<\/em> by Raihan Ameur (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended Open Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry<\/em> Time<\/em> by Brenda Saunders (NSW)<\/p>\n

Contrapuntal<\/em> Facing<\/em> Houla,<\/em> Southern<\/em> Lebanon<\/em> by D\u017eenana Vucic (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended Local Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ulupna<\/em> Island<\/em> (Non-)Elegy<\/em> by Anders Villani (VIC)<\/p>\n

Memory<\/em> Like<\/em> Dory<\/em> by Fee Sievers (VIC)<\/p>\n

Undoing<\/em> by Zana Fraillon (VIC)<\/p>\n

Highly Commended Youth Category<\/strong><\/p>\n

Riding<\/em> by Bruce Ru (NSW)<\/p>\n

Ceiseag<\/em> by Eartha Davis (VIC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … Continue reading “Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[141,416,2,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-nillumbik-prize-for-contemporary-writing","category-poetry","category-saunders-kristyn-j"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t