Prizes
1st Prize: $2000, donated by The University of Newcastle, School of Humanities and Social Science
2nd Prize: $1000, donated by Westfield Kotara*
3rd Prize: $700, donated by The Hunter Writers Centre
Highly Commended Award: $500, from Catchfire Press
$250 prize pack: latest Kindle, microphone and headphones, donated by Officeworks
Commended Award: $200 from Foghorn Brewhouse
Commended Award: Residency at Lighthouse Arts (valued at $200)
Local Awards
If your short story is selected for the anthology and you live in a Hunter region LGA you are eligible for one of these prizes:
Macquariedale Organic Wines: $250 Wine Voucher
Pepper Tree Wines: A 6 pack of Varietal Pepper Tree Wines plus a voucher (valued at $120) to The Vault for a ‘Best of Four Worlds’ Tasting for 4 people
Tamburlaine organic wines: A case of wine
Tulloch wines: $100 Cellar Door Voucher
2022 Judges
Joey Bui
Joey Bui is a Vietnamese Australian writer. Her debut book, Lucky Ticket, won the University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award and was shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, among others. Joey was also named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists of 2020.
Bram Presser
Bram Presser is a semi-reformed punk rocker, recovering academic, lapsed criminal lawyer and two-time cartoon character. His debut novel, The Book of Dirt, won the National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction (USA), the Voss Literary Prize (Aus) and three prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the People’s Choice Award.
For more information and submissions, visit the Hunter Writers Centre at: https://hunterwriterscentre.org/newcastle-short-story-award-2022/