Author(s): Chloe Brien

Anthologies

The eighth edition of Award Winning Australian Writing (AWAW) continues its commitment to showcasing the best short stories and poems that have won competitions around the country. This year, AWAW is proudly launching at the Melbourne Writers Festival, on 30 August at 5pm. The collection will feature over fifty writers and competitions. It will include a foreword by Elizabeth Flux, freelance writer and editor of Voiceworks magazine. Both established and emerging writers are featured in this year's anthology, including Kevin Gillam, Emmie Rae, Jessica Yu, Laura Elizabeth Woollett, Chloe Wilson, who won The Age Short Story Competition in 2012, and David Campbell, who has published two books of original Australian verse and a collection of short stories, and has been published extensively in Australian short story and poetry anthologies. Competitions appearing in AWAW 2015 include: * John Marsden/Hachette Australia Prize * Alan Marshall Short Story Award * ABR Peter Porter Poetry Prize * Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction * Above Water creative writing competition * FAWWA Stuart-Hadow Short Story Competition * E. J. Brady Short Story Competition, Gabo Prize Past editions of AWAW received support from Lisa Dempster (Melbourne Writers Festival director), Philip Rainford (Fellowship of Australian Writers president), and authors Arnold Zable, Delia Falconer and Mark Tredinnick - who have all written forewords for the book. 'a must read.' Irma Gold, Overland 'AWAW offers the literary community an invaluable service.' Matthew Lamb, The Australian 'impressive new voices...energy and inventiveness.' Patrick Allington, The Advertiser 'AWAW gives readers a chance to value these winners.' Lorien Kaye, The Age 'acts as a panoramic snapshot of the writing industry.' Lip magazine 'AWAW proves that there are writers in this country pushing boundaries and exploring literature in modern ways.' Oliver Mol, ArtsHub