The Southern Cross Short Story Competition runs every second year, alternating with the Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry Prize.

dreamstime_tree_smlSouthern Cross Short Story Competition (2015)

WINNER:

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

  • The Things She Thought She Knew by Erin Courtney Kelly
  • Two Beach Chairs Facing The Sea by Keren Heenan
  • The Church of Lost Objects by Penny Gibson
  • One Summer by Julianne Negri

Shortlist for the Southern Cross Literary Competition 2015

Title Author
AIHE’S STORY RILEY, WENDY
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY IN SKOPJE NEWALL, PETER
BETWEEN THE LINES GRAY, D JESSIE
BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME CAMPBELL, DAVID
COLOUR ME GREY PRENDERGAST, JULIA
FRAGMENTS SCRIVEN, CHRIS
GOING BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME BETTS, MARGARET
I AM IN THE NIGHT TOO BRENNAN, SUE
I NAMED HER HARRIET FOX, SUSAN
ICARUS RECSEI, DEREK
ONCE WE WERE CATS BLOCK, TIM
ONE SUMMER NEGRI, JULIANNE
PROVIDENCE GAFFNEY, HARRIET
RED WORK LILLIS, CARMEL
SLOW TIME PRENDERGAST, JULIA
THE CHURCH OF LOST OBJECTS GIBSON, PENNY
THE COLLECTOR CROSSETT, JOSHUA
THE CONSERVATION OF THE STARS ARATHIMOS, MICHALIA
THE CROW’S WIFE ELLIOT, NGAIRE
THE DROWNING SOUND MYERS, ANNE
THE LOVELY SUNDAY FITZGERALD, RUPA
THE PARIS LETTER CORMICK, CRAIG
THE THINGS SHE THOUGHT SHE KNEW KELLY, ERIN COURTNEY
THE WALLET MOLLOY, AUDREY
THE WRONG ‘UN HURLE, GARRY
TIRAMISU BUTLER, ROBYN H
TROUBLE ADAMS, ANNE
TWO BEACH CHAIRS FACING THE SEA HEENAN, KEREN
UNTIL SHE SMILES O’SHANNESSY, JAYNE
VESSELS OF STONE OLDEN, KATHIE