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History
'September 29, 2011 marked the twenty-seventh anniversary of Hal Porter's death. To celebrate his literary life, the East Gippsland Art Gallery and the Hill of Content Bookshop launched the eighteenth Hal Porter Short Story Competition, with a national prize of $1000 for the winner and book prizes and certificates for shortlisted stories. The competition has been sponsored by the Hill of Content Bookshop, Community College East Gippsland, Collins Booksellers (Bairnsdale), East Gippsland Newspapers, East Gippsland Institute of TAFE, and Porters Electrical. It is also auspiced by the East Gippsland Art Gallery (EGAG) and supported by the University of Queensland Press. '(http://www.melbournebooks.com.au/awaw2011contents.html#picaro )
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2014
winner Post-Partum 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 131-138) -
Year: 2012
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Year: 2011
winner A Short Story 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: The Sleepers Almanac No. 4 2008; (p. 118-123) -
Year: 2010
winner Beyond the Bay 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011; -
Year: 2008
winner Four Winds 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 69 no. 2 2009; (p. 52-58)