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Short Fiction
Subcategory of Australian Shadows Award
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner Brumation Anthony Ferguson , 2020 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Midnight Echo , no. 15 2020;

Year: 2019

winner Steadfast Shadowsong Matthew R. Davis , 2019 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Dig Two Graves : An Anthology 2019; (p. 241-255)

Year: 2017

winner The Banksia Boys Matthew J Morrison , 2017 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Andromeda Spaceways Magazine , March no. 66 2017; (p. 63-74)

Year: 2016

winner His Shining Day Richard Harland , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Dreaming in the Dark 2016; (p. 173-196)

'Paulie hated not being able to understand things. He knew they'd had to drive kilometres off the main route—bumping along a rough road with the caravan behind—but why hadn't the tank been properly filled with petrol? He knew Mr Spyriadakos was something to do with the Greek branch of Dad's company in Australia, but why did he have to travel with them all the way to Athens? He knew Dad and Mr Spyriadakos had been unable to work the single pump at the dilapidated, tin-shed petrol station outside the village, but why was there nobody there to serve them?' (Introduction) 

Year: 2015

winner Mine Intercom Kaaron Warren , 2015 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 13 no. 6 2015; The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015 2017;
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