Monash Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing
or Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

History

Not to be confused with the Monash Student Prize, a subcategory of the Monash Playwrights' Competition.

The Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing is an award presented by Monash University in conjunction with the Emerging Writers' Festival. It was set up to celebrate emerging literary voices, and 2012 was its inaugural year. Any student enrolled in a Bachelor's degree at an Australian university may enter (this includes international campuses of Australian universities). All types of creative writing are accepted.  

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2019

winner Fiona Murphy for ‘Cornered’

Year: 2018

winner Mistook Aileen Westbrook , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , August 2018;

Year: 2017

winner The Lady Who Walks Ann Jackson , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Voiceworks , Autumn no. 103 2016; (p. 49-53) Verge 2017 2017; (p. 49-54)
I was never particularly nice to my mother. I guess I found it hard to forgive her for being Chinese. We lived together with my dad, who never saw a foreign shore in his life, in a flat that was really only meant for two people...'

 (Publication abstract)

Year: 2013

winner Stewed Fruit Rebecca Slater , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 275-280) Seizure [Online] , July 2016;
winner The Wading Pool Leah McIntosh , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 2014; (p. 77-82) Verge 2014 : Everything and Nothing 2014; (p. 82-87)
'The wading pool appeared on a Tuesday...'
X