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Alison Gibbs Alison Gibbs i(A28435 works by)
Born: Established: 1963 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Alison Gibbs grew up on the north coast of New South Wales. She has an Arts Degree, and a Master in Creative Writing from University of Technology Sydney. Alison has written numerous short stories and essays both in Australia and internationally, including short story 'Mr Stephenson's Suit', runner up in June 2013 Global Short Story Competition; short story 'Woman Bathing' broadcast by BBC World Service in 1992; and two short stories in the UTS Anthology Sightlines. The short story 'Things to Do Before You Die' was shortlisted for publication in the 2019 Masters Review.

Alison has also worked for Amnesty International.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2021 longlisted Peter Carey Short Story Award for 'Things to Do Before You Die'.
2017 recipient Varuna Awards and Fellowships — Varuna Publisher Introduction Program Fellowship Fellowship with Scribe Publishing for unpublished manuscript Repentance.
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Awards for Works

The Ends of the Earth 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Sight Lines : 2014 UTS Writers' Anthology 2014; (p. 1-10)
2013 shortlisted ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
y separately published work icon But What Have I Said? West Sussex : University of Chichester , 2018 17157322 2009 single work essay

'Alison Gibbs examines how characters are shaped by politics in Nadine Gordimer’s short story, ‘The Catch’: ‘While Nadine Gordimer was known for both her fiction and her outspoken opposition to apartheid in her native South Africa, she always insisted that politics was not the driving motivation for her stories.’

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2018 shortlisted Thresholds Literary Essay Competition
Mr Stevenson's Suit 2001 single work short story historical fiction
— Appears in: NSW Writers' Centre 2001;
2007 3rd prize Coves Historical Writing Competition — Fiction
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