Australian Horror Writers Association Flash Fiction
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

There are two categories for submission in the Australian Horror Writers Association Award :

–Flash Fiction

Stories up to 1000 words in length. The winning author will receive paid publication in Midnight Echo, the magazine of the AHWA, and an engraved plaque.

–Short Story

Stories with 1001 to 8000 words. The winning author will receive paid publication in Midnight Echo, the magazine of the AHWA, and an engraved plaque.

(Source: http://www.australianhorror.com/index.php?view=57 )

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner Tim Hawken For Mother Always Gets What She Wants

Year: 2014

Year: 2011

winner (short story) Winds of Nzambi David Conyers , David Kernot , 2011 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Midnight Echo : The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association , November no. 6 2011; Award Winning Australian Writing 2012 2012; (p. 212-231) The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 2012; (p. 409-426) The Nightmare Dimension : Tales of Horror and the Cthulhu Mythos 2013; Dead of Night : The Best of Midnight Echo 2016; (p. 170-189)

Described by the author as a supernatural horror tale about slave traders in sixteenth-century Africa. Tied to the Cthulu Mythos.

Source: Author's website (http://www.david-conyers.com/apps/blog/show/7660842-winds-of-nzambi-co-authored-with-david-kernot-wins-australian-horror-award-). (Sighted: 15/08/2017)

Year: 2009

winner Labour Pains Eugene Gramelis , 2009 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Midnight Echo : The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association , November no. 3 2009; Dead of Night : The Best of Midnight Echo 2016; (p. 190-192)

Year: 2008

winner The Exchange Benjamin Hayes , 2009 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 2009; (p. 148-152) Midnight Echo : The Magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association , June no. 2 2009;
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