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History
The Olga Masters Short Story Award is a competition celebrating the life and writings of Olga Masters (1919-1986), Australian journalist and author.
Note : In hiatus 2018 as the award was being reformatted.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
winner The Mowing 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 163 2021; (p. 12-17) -
Year: 2017
winner He Cannot Dream a River 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 155 2018; (p. 52) -
Year: 2016
winner Poems from Another Planet 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 150 2017; (p. 32-35) -
Year: 2015
winner Number 12, Hollis Avenue 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 January 2016; (p. 20)'A little girl struggles to protect herself in an alcoholic family beset by poverty, strife and inane TV shows.'
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Year: 2014
winner Chalk Mouth in the Night 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 2015; (p. 70-76) Island , no. 142 2015; (p. 71-73) The Australian , 7 January 2016; (p. 9)
