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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2023
winner y
Killer Creatures Down Under : Horror Stories With Bite
Deborah Sheldon
(editor),
Melbourne
:
IFWG Publishing Inc
,
2023
26080264
2023
anthology
short story
horror
'Australia: the land where everything wants to kill you. A continent filled with some of the deadliest animals in the world. From creepy-crawlies to crocodiles, you'll have plenty to fear in this anthology penned by Australian authors. Killer Creatures Down Under: Horror Stories with Bite offers disturbing tales that range from the action-packed and visceral, through the historical and futuristic, to the phantasmagorical and supernatural. Prepare to confront your animal phobias... And perhaps develop some new ones.
'Featuring work by: Geraldine Borella - Tim Borella - Renee De Visser - Anthony Ferguson - Jason Fischer - Fox Claret Hill - Robert Mammone - Ben Matthews - J.M. Merryt - Helena O'Connor - Steven Paulsen - Antoinette Rydyr - Deborah Sheldon - Charles Spiteri - H.K. Stubbs - Matt Tighe - Keith Williams - Pauline Yates'(Publication summary)
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Year: 2021
winner y
Spawn : Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies
Deborah Sheldon
(editor),
Gold Coast
:
IFWG Publishing Inc
,
2021
21163044
2021
anthology
short story
horror
'A selection of the darkest Australian fiction.
'Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies taps into anxieties, painful memories and nightmares. Here, your worst fears come true.
'Penned by established authors and fresh new voices, these stories range from the gothic and phantasmagorical, through the demonic and supernatural, to the dystopian and sci-fi.
'Prepare for a visceral, frightening read.'
Source : publisher's blurb
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Year: 2020
winner y
Midnight Echo
no.
15
2020
21459158
2020
periodical issue
prose
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Year: 2019
winner y
Midnight Echo
Things Are Not as They Seem
no.
14
Deborah Sheldon
(editor),
2019
19377748
2019
periodical issue
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Year: 2018
winner y
Hellhole : An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Lee Murray
(editor),
United States of America (USA)
:
Gryphonwood Press
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2018
16403283
2018
anthology
short story
