'The ninth 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. The collection features over fifty writers and awards, and includes a foreword by Sam Cooney, writer, editor, lecturer, tutor and publisher of The Lifted Brow. Many prominent emerging writers are featured in this year’s anthology, including David Campbell, Jacqui Merckenschlager, and Jessica Yu, who appeared as a panellist at the 2016 Emerging Writers’ Festival. As always, the anthology features extensive national representation, with awards from every state and territory in Australia' (Publication summary)
Melbourne : Melbourne Books , 2016 pg. 254-259