Southern Cross Literary Competition

or The Southern Cross Literary Competition ; or Southern Cross Short Story Competition

Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards

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History

Offered by Ballarat Writers Inc, the Southern Cross Short Story Competition runs every second year, alternating with the Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry Prize.

Notes

Sponsored by the Ballarat Writing Council Inc. Established c. 1988.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2017

winner Suzannah Churchman

for The Man with the Dolphin Teeth

Year: 2016

winner Vanessa Page

for Christmas Day in Harlaxton

Year: 2015

winner The Drowning Sound Anne Myers , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 2016; (p. 148-154)

Year: 2006

winner (Long Fiction) Jena Woodhouse For the story 'Farming Ghosts'.

Year: 2002

winner (Short Story) Unfinished Business Susan Coleridge , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2004 2004; (p. 7-15)

VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (14)

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