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History
The Advertiser Summer Short Story Competition was open to all primary students (up to 12 years), secondary pupils (aged 13 to 17) and adults (aged over 18).
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2007
winner (Adult) On the Outside Crow Season 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2007; (p. 27) The announcement of the prize, in the Advertiser, 27 January 2007, pp.35, refers to the work's title as 'Crow Season'. The work is published on the author's website under this title.winner (Student) Life Whirs Past in a Blur Contour 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 January 2007; (p. 30) The announcement of the prize, in the Advertiser, 27 January 2007, pp.35, refers to the work's title as 'Contour'. -
Year: 2006
winner (Adult section) The Gift 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2006; (p. 49)winner (Secondary section) Wipe Off the Dust 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 January 2006; (p. 49)winner (Primary section) Wave Girl 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 January 2006; (p. 56) -
Year: 2004
winner (Adult category) The Secret Place 2004 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 January 2004; (p. 84)winner (Secondary section) Anna's Hourglass 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 January 2004; (p. 78)winner (Primary section) The Old Fir Tree 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 January 2004; (p. 30) -
Year: 2003
winner Points of View 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 January 2003; (p. 56) -
Year: 2002
winner (Secondary) Leaf of Life 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 January 2002; (p. 38)winner (Adult) Man in a Shed 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2002; (p. 93)
Works About this Award
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Wil, 16, Rides Away with Short Story Prize 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 2007; (p. 35) -
Poignant Tale of Long-Lost Love a Winner 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 January 2006; (p. 27) -
Full of Praise for Fantasy Prose 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2004; (p. 34) -
City Window to the Heart of the Country 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 March 2003; (p. 35) -
Peach of a Tale Wins Our Prize for Writers 2001 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 2001; (p. 18)
