Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge Cloistered Hippo #10, 2025 Entries have now closed and selected responses are published below. The next Ekphrastic Challenge will be published in 2026, under the leadership of incoming Ekphrastic Challenge moderator, Martin Smith. Geelong Writers wishes … Continued
Responses to Geelong Writers’ Ekphrastic Challenge for September 2025: Sea Lake silo We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to use this image, ‘Sea Lake silo (image by Jo Curtain) to inspire an original response (either prose or … Continued
Thank you, Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge fans! You have risen to the Challenge again. Selected for publication below are twenty-one entries to the Nests (#2 2025) challenge. In addition, received from Tony B. for our collective amusement, … Continued
![Ekphrastic Challenge #1 2025: ‘Beach’ by Anne Franks [submissions close on Sun 23 Feb 2025]](https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Beach-1-Anne-Franks-scaled-365x365.jpg)
The first Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge for 2025 featured the photo Beach, by Anne Franks, inviting writers to respond to the image in a submission of up to 300 words. Ekphrastic enthusiasts responded to the Beach image with original … Continued
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
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
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
Tea with no strings attached by Guenter Sahr In the cool morning on the plantation’s slopes the dew gathers in the netting of my cowl. Its dampness caresses my aging face and my thoughts turn … Continued
Crashing Waves by Kimberley Rance The waves crash. Salty water wraps around my body. I’m lost within the surf’s foam. Fear overcomes me. My heart is fragmented; it’s in the eye of the storm, the waves … Continued
