Publishing News 2019: New Story

New Story: "The Do"

Nice news to hear that all 19 short listed stories from the Margaret River Short Story Competition will be published again in an anthology out later this year. For more info see this linked post from Margaret River Press.

Congrats to all involved. I'm really looking forward to reading all the stories, but especially Mark Smith's as I loved his work, "Sugar Bag Dreamin' Country" in Best Australian Stories 2014  

I have pasted an excerpt from MRP post below along with a little from the editor, poet Michelle Cahill (from MRP).

Editor Michelle Cahill had this to say about this year’s shortlist:

‘Reading through the longlist for this year’s Margaret River Press Short Story Competition, I was struck by the many stories inflected by contemporary concerns: climate change, the need for queer spaces and voices, cultural inclusiveness. And yet, equally, the stories that impressed me most succeed in realising complex emotions that we sometimes fail to honour in our daily lives and in our close relationships. It has been a privilege to judge this prize; my warm congratulations to the shortlisted writers and the winners.’

Congratulations to Kit Scriven, who took out first place with his short story ‘We’ll Stand in That Place’, and to Catherine Noske, whose short story ‘Thylacine’ won second place. Rachel McEleney’s short story ‘The Day the Rain Stopped Dancing’ is the winner of the Southwest Prize.

Of the nineteen stories chosen, there are six writers from Victoria, five from Western Australia, four from New South Wales, three from Queensland and one from South Australia.

2019 SHORT STORY SHORTLIST

Emily Bewin  – A Twist Of Smoke

Claire Corbett – Aftertaste

Darryl R. Dymock – A Tough Little Bird

K.W. George – Three Dog Night

Justine Hyde – Emotional Support

Jenni Mazaraki – Somebody’s Baby

Rachel McEleney – The Day the Rain Stopped Dancing *Southwest Prize*

Audrey Molloy – Thirty Sacks

Catherine Noske – Thylacine *Second Prize*

Anthony Panegyres – The Do

Emily Paull – A Moveable Farce

Kathy Prokhovnik – Still life

K.A. Rees – Butterscotch

Mirandi Riwoe – Cinta Ku

Kit Scriven – We’ll stand in that place *First Prize*

Mark Smith – A Concreter’s Heart

Andrew Sutherland – The Children

Jem Tyley-Miller – The Monster in the Lake

Lynette Washington – Mycorrhizal Networks