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A Thousand Words Festival Short Story Competition
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History

The Thousand Words Festival Short Story Competition was part of the 2011 ‘A Thousand Words Festival’ held on 23-24 September in Melbourne.

Notes

  • A Thousand Words Festival Short Story Competition was inaugurated in 2009 and offered in junior and secondary student categories; an emerging writers category for adults was added later.

    The winners are announced during A Thousand Words Festival and winning entries are published in Viewpoint: On Books for Young Adults. 'Stories can be on any topic however must be exactly 1000 words.'

    Source: A Thousand Words Festival website, http://athousandwordsfestival.com.au/short-story-competition/
    Sighted: 15/12/2011

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2011

winner Dead Winter William Tran , 2011 single work short story crime
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 19 no. 4 2011; (p. 22-23)
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