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Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing
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Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing
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History
Not to be confused with the Monash Student Prize, a subcategory of the Monash Playwrights' Competition.
The Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing is an award presented by Monash University in conjunction with the Emerging Writers' Festival. It was set up to celebrate emerging literary voices, and 2012 was its inaugural year. Any student enrolled in a Bachelor's degree at an Australian university may enter (this includes international campuses of Australian universities). All types of creative writing are accepted.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2019
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Year: 2018
winner Mistook 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2018; -
Year: 2017
winner The Lady Who Walks 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Autumn no. 103 2016; (p. 49-53) Verge 2017 2017; (p. 49-54) ' I was never particularly nice to my mother. I guess I found it hard to forgive her for being Chinese. We lived together with my dad, who never saw a foreign shore in his life, in a flat that was really only meant for two people...'(Publication abstract)
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Year: 2013
winner Stewed Fruit 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 275-280) Seizure [Online] , July 2016;winner The Wading Pool 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 2014; (p. 77-82) Verge 2014 : Everything and Nothing 2014; (p. 82-87) 'The wading pool appeared on a Tuesday...'
