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History
This short story prize was open to James Cook University undergraduate students. The winning story was published in the Townsville Bulletin.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2006
winner y On Truth 2006 (Manuscript version)x401828 Z1417688 2006 single work short story The narrator encounters several outcasts from society who try to convey their profound sense of truth. -
Year: 2005
winner y Happy 2005 (Manuscript version)x401829 Z1417693 2005 single work short story A girl escapes to a dream world to avoid facing the pain of her friend's death. Soon the dream world becomes real and takes on nightmare qualities. -
Year: 2004
winner y The Notetaker The Apartment 2004 (Manuscript version)x401833 Z1420341 2004 single work short story A man discovers that his notes hold the power of life and death over his neighbours. -
Year: 2003
winner y Because 2003 (Manuscript version)x401834 Z1420372 2003 single work short story A man's hatred and fear of women leads him to have sex with and kill over forty women. -
Year: 2002
winner y Battle for the Pit 2002 (Manuscript version)x401835 Z1420384 2002 single work short story First grade children launch a military attack to reclaim the sandpit from the second graders.