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History
This short story prize was open to James Cook University undergraduate students. The winning story was published in the Townsville Bulletin.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2006
winner y
On Truth
2006
(Manuscript version)x401828
Z1417688
2006
single work
short story
The narrator encounters several outcasts from society who try to convey their profound sense of truth.
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Year: 2005
winner y
Happy
2005
(Manuscript version)x401829
Z1417693
2005
single work
short story
A girl escapes to a dream world to avoid facing the pain of her friend's death. Soon the dream world becomes real and takes on nightmare qualities.
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Year: 2004
winner y
The Notetaker
The Apartment
2004
(Manuscript version)x401833
Z1420341
2004
single work
short story
A man discovers that his notes hold the power of life and death over his neighbours.
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Year: 2003
winner y
Because
2003
(Manuscript version)x401834
Z1420372
2003
single work
short story
A man's hatred and fear of women leads him to have sex with and kill over forty women.
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Year: 2002
winner y
Battle for the Pit
2002
(Manuscript version)x401835
Z1420384
2002
single work
short story
First grade children launch a military attack to reclaim the sandpit from the second graders.
