2022 DJILLONG SHORT STORY COMPETITION SHORTLIST
We are delighted to announce the shortlist (listed A-Z by writer):
- ‘Dragon at the Door’ by Gayle Beveridge
- ‘The Final Overture of Roy’ by John Bradley
- ‘Vertical Hold’ by Rosanne Dingli
- ‘Cadences’ by Yvonne Fein
- ‘Milson’s Point’ by Paulette Gittens
- ‘Project Mercury’ by Gillian Hagenus
- ‘Like A Ton of Bricks’ by Laurie Keim
- ‘Daddy’ by Zachary Pryor
- ‘Truth or Dare’ by Tanya Scott
- ‘The Face Paintings’ by Saraid Taylor.
The winners, to be chosen by judge Dr Liz Monument, will be announced at a presentation evening at Geelong Library & Heritage Centre on Thursday 10 March. Please join us if you can. Tickets and further information available here.
2022 DJILLONG SHORT STORY COMPETITION LONGLIST
We are delighted to announce the longlist (listed A-Z by writer):
- ‘Dragon at the Door’ by Gayle Beveridge
- ‘Vantage’ by Helen Booth
- ‘Elsie’s Swim Club’ by Patrick Boxall
- ‘The Final Overture of Roy’ by John Bradley
- ‘All Knowing’ by Stuart Bush-Harris
- ‘A Voyage to Geelong’ by Claudia Collins
- ‘Vera’ by Margot DeCoursey
- ‘Vertical Hold’ by Rosanne Dingli
- ‘Cadences’ by Yvonne Fein
- ‘Popular Girls’ by Natalie Fraser
- ‘Milson’s Point’ by Paulette Gittens
- ‘Project Mercury’ by Gillian Hagenus
- ‘The Rebirth of Mount Bogong’ by Kerry Jewell
- ‘Like A Ton of Bricks’ by Laurie Keim
- ‘Phyllis, Darling’ by Nadia King
- ‘Daddy’ by Zachary Pryor
- ‘Ghosts on the Wind’ by Judy Rankin
- ‘Truth or Dare’ by Tanya Scott
- ‘After.Life’ by Thomas Stark
- ‘The Face Paintings’ by Saraid Taylor.
The reading panel will now re-read and discuss and deliberate and select a shortlist, to be announced on 10 February. The winners, to be chosen by judge Dr Liz Monument, will be announced at a presentation evening at Geelong Library & Heritage Centre on Thursday 10 March.