The Booranga Prize for Fiction (2005-)
Subcategory of The Booranga Prize
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History

'The Booranga Prizes, one for fiction and one for poetry, are awarded each year for the best short story and poem in the current issue of fourW, the annual anthology of new writing and graphics published by fourW press, out of Charles Sturt University's Booranga Writers' Centre. The competition judges are comprised of the fourW editor and the selection panel. The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at CSU funds the prizes, worth $250 each.' (Source http://www.melbournebooks.com.au/awaw2011contents.html#picaro )

Notes

  • Awarded annually to the works selected as the best poem and the best prose piece published in the FourW anthology.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2023

winner Christopher Scriven for 'So Much Depends'.

Year: 2022

winner Jane Downing for Marx's Pennies

Year: 2020

winner Buena Vista Jane Downing , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: FourW (New Writing) , no. 31 2020; (p. 43-49)

Year: 2019

winner The Bouncer and the Blood Clot Rachael Mead , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 150-155)

Year: 2018

winner Opposable Thumbs Dorothy Simmons , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Four W New Writing , no. 29 2018; (p. 108-115)
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