The Victorian Writer: Emerging Writers (December 2022–February 2023

This edition of The Victorian Writer publishes the winners and runners-up of the 2022 Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition, as well as poetry, non-fiction and fiction from Writers Victoria members.

Emerging Writers Competition Winners & Runners-Up

• Fiction Winner: Robyn Grace, ‘Sleeping’
• Fiction Runner-Up: Elsie Mellor, ‘Birdfall’
• Non-Fiction Winner: Emma-Grace Clarke, ‘The Arboreal Lens’
• Non-Fiction Runner-Up: Marion Taffe, ‘A Year on Saturn: A personal essay’
• Regional Winner: Jen Majoor, ‘How Did I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Love Heart Emojis.’

Poems, Fiction & Non-Fiction

• Peter Symons, ‘Listening to the Story of the Fisher King’
• Jayne Tuttle, ‘Climbing Mount Purgatory’
• F.M Papaz, ‘The Shape of My Sorrow’

And of course we have our regulars: Penny Johnson with the Nitpicker, Paul Morgan with the PEN Update, and our member milestones.

Our cover art this edition is ‘Hunting and Travelling the Reef 2’ by Mahalia Mabo.