Geelong Writers Prize 2024 – Shortlisted 3
Hey Ho, Here We Go Again Paul Bucci Yeah well sometimes when you get up in the morning you really can’t be fucked going to work so you ring in to tell them you’ve got a cold or something and … Continued
Geelong Writers Prize 2024 – Shortlisted 4
One More Yellow Bin Kristine Fitzgerald Joanne Morley didn’t notice the sun rising in the sky as she dragged her wheelie bin down the driveway. Is it green or yellow this week? she asked herself. She never could remember. Placing … Continued
Geelong Writers Prize 2024 – Shortlisted 5
The Socks – Biography of a Mother Lyn Chatham a grief dream— my mother a spinning top then a woman with no mouth *** my Mac was humming in front of ferns waving behind glass when I heard my mother … Continued
Geelong Writers Prize 2024 – Shortlisted 6
Bellarine Bigfoot Ross Palmer At 8:00 a.m. it’s already warm in Oakdene. Stan is waiting for me out the front of his brick veneer house. After some small talk, standing on the footpath, he ushers me into the garage where … Continued
Winter Solstice Cadenza Challenge 2024
Thank you to the following people for their wonderful submissions and for entering into the spirit of the Winter Solstice Cadenza Challenge: David Jones | John Farrington | Adam Stone | Allan Barden | Jan Price | Gail Griffin | … Continued
Ekphrastic Challenge #4 Autumn Street
Autumn Street (Photo: Guenter Sahr) We have published the works of the following 14 writers who submitted their responses (in up to 300 words) to this image. We congratulate them for their enthusiasm and thank them for their fabulous … Continued
The Better Land: Ekphrastic Challenge #3 2024
We have published the works of the following 14 writers, and thank them for their enthusiasm and fabulous contributions, in writing their responses to this image (using up to 300 words). David Bridge | Geoffrey Gaskill | John … Continued
Pressing: Ekphrastic Challenge 2, 2024
Pressing by Jo Curtain We have published the works of the following 26 writers, and again we applaud the students from Mount Waverley Secondary College for their enthusiasm and fabulous contributions. Jan Price | Geoffrey Gaskill | Harry Roberts … Continued
Death Valley: Ekphrastic Challenge No. 1, 2024
Congratulations to the following writers, particularly students Ayushi, Dulara and Arya from Mount Waverley Secondary College. Jo Curtain | David Jones | David Bridge | Catherine Hannah | Ayushi N | Allan Barden | Catherine Bell | Kerstin Lindros … Continued
Christmas Parody Challenge
In the spirit of John Clarke (aka Dylan Thompson) whose A Child’s Christmas in Warrnambool continues to delight, we invited writers to send us a parody of a Christmas story, poem, song or tradition. Listen to John Clarke read … Continued