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
Responses to the Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge #4 Entanglement (image by Jenny Funston) We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to respond to the Entanglement image and we publish the best entries below, for your … 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
Cuppa Time by Jan Price In response to our July 2024 invitation, we have received submissions of original work (stories and poems) in no longer than 300 words, inspired by the image, ‘Cuppa Time,’ by Jan Price. We congratulate the … 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
By Kat Skarbek Her face is soft and pink in repose – childlike but for the snow-white hair fanned limply across the hospital pillow. Her face is remarkably unlined for someone as old as she never wanted to be. That … Continued
By Martin Smith. Last night, my pop, Jack Declan, dropped by for a visit. ‘Hello, my boy,’ he said. ‘I’ve been waiting for your REM cycle to kick in.’ ‘Hi, Pop,’ I said. ‘How’s Heaven?’ He sat grey-haired and … Continued
By Martin Smith. ‘Hello? Is … is anyone there?’ ‘Yes. I’m over here. Hello. I’m John.’ ‘Hello, John. I’m B … Blake. Sorry, I’m a bit nervous. This is the first time I’ve done this.’ ‘I, too, was a … Continued
