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Prizes offered by the NEW Writers Group, who subsequently publish winning works (and others) in their annual Zine West issue.
The group focuses on writing from Western Sydney.
Notes
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The ZineWest Short Story Competition award is offered annually to new and emerging writers, sixteen years and over, 'who live, work or study in Greater Western Sydney or attend a Western Sydney writers' group'. The award prizes are sponsored by The Writing and Society Research Group, University of Western Sydney.
Source: Competition guidelines information, accessible via ZineWest's blog, http://zinewest.blogspot.com/
Sighted: 13/01/2010
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2015
winner Elegy 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Zine West , no. 15 2015; (p. 37-39) Award Winning Australian Writing 2016 2016; (p. 102-104) -
Year: 2013
winner A Shore Distant i "Late-afternoon sun. Tree shadows crisscross like coconut thatch.", 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Zine West , no. 13 2013; (p. 61) Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 2014; (p. 52-53) -
Year: 2012
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Year: 2010
winner My Time 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011; -
Year: 2008
winner Dev 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 2009; (p. 86-88)'An intimate exploration of just what might be the story behind a couple you see sharing the weekend paper at a coffee shop.'
Source: ZineWest blog, http://zinewest.blogspot.com/
Sighted: 13/01/2010