We are excited to announce the 2014 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards shortlist. The announcement of the winners will take place at 6pm Tuesday 16 December in the Courtyard at Gorman Arts centre. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to admin@actwriters.org.au
The Anne Edgeworth Fellowship
Lisa Fuller
Sarah Mason
Zoya Patel
Rosanna Stevens
Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award
Christine Kearney, ‘Hookin In’
Cara Lennon, ‘The Loose Thread and the Sterile Needles’
Alison O’Hara, ‘The Garden House’
Ashley Thomson, ‘A White Woman in Ojin’
Michael Thwaites Poetry Award
Gregory A Gould, ‘Jack and Jill’
Robyn Lance, ‘Stilettos’
Susan McGrath, ‘Calling me in’
Kavya Robinson, ‘Implausible Birds’
PUBLISHING AWARDS
Poetry
Lesley Lebkowicz, The Petrov Poems
Geoff Page, Improving the News
Melinda Smith, Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call
Irene Wilkie, Extravagance
Fiction
There is no shortlist for this category; the winner of the award will be announced on Tuesday 16 December.
Nonfiction
Margitta Acker, Meat Pies and Mumbling Blokes – A Canberra Memoir
Kristen Alexander, Australian Eagles: Australians in the Battle of Britain
Scott Bridges, 18 Days – Al Jazeera English and the Egyptian Revolution
Children’s
Tania McCartney, An Aussie Year
Joy McDonald, The Very Sad Fish-lady
Maree Teychenne, A Lion, a Whale and a Flea
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