2022 Short Story Competition

RESULTS OF THE 2022 COMPETITION

The winners of the 2022 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition are listed below. To read a story click on the story title:

 

OPEN DIVISION

First prize Erica Fryberg (Ashgrove,Qld) Song of the Sun and Moon
Second prize Clare Fletcher (Summer Hill, NSW) Little Fish
Highly commended Peter Murphy (Tweed Heads ,NSW Radio Confessions
Babette Ettridge (Gungahlin, ACT) Poetry of Cold Love
Paul Rodriguez (Kiama, NSW) Arrested Expression

 

SECONDARY SCHOOLS DIVISION

First prize Isabel Condon (Atherton State High School, Atherton, Qld) The Flower Book
Second prize Charlotte Guy (Genesis Christian College, Bracken Ridge, Qld) Wheatfield with Crows
Highly commended Yashodhan Rayani (St Joseph’s Nudgee, Qld) Collapse
Isabella Barber (St Peter’s Lutheran College, Indooroopilly, Qld) Sweet Alice
Emma Wylie (Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay, Qld) Solite

 

Warm thanks to the judges, chaired by David Fagan, and to ESU Board member Kerry Davies for editing expertise.

 

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