The Advertiser Summer Short Story Competition
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Advertiser Summer Short Story Competition was open to all primary students (up to 12 years), secondary pupils (aged 13 to 17) and adults (aged over 18). 

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2007

winner (Adult) On the Outside Crow Season Jennifer Mills , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2007; (p. 27) The announcement of the prize, in the Advertiser, 27 January 2007, pp.35, refers to the work's title as 'Crow Season'. The work is published on the author's website under this title.
winner (Student) Life Whirs Past in a Blur Contour Wil Eather , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 January 2007; (p. 30) The announcement of the prize, in the Advertiser, 27 January 2007, pp.35, refers to the work's title as 'Contour'.

Year: 2006

winner (Adult section) The Gift James Dalgarno , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2006; (p. 49)
winner (Secondary section) Wipe Off the Dust Stuart Burfield , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 January 2006; (p. 49)
winner (Primary section) Wave Girl Fiona Fraser , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 January 2006; (p. 56)

Year: 2004

winner (Adult category) The Secret Place Madeleine Huxtable , 2004 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 January 2004; (p. 84)
winner (Secondary section) Anna's Hourglass Melanie Rasheed , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 January 2004; (p. 78)
winner (Primary section) The Old Fir Tree Lauren Nicole Gibbs , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 January 2004; (p. 30)

Year: 2003

winner Points of View Helen Bhatia , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 January 2003; (p. 56)

Year: 2002

winner (Secondary) Leaf of Life Alice Bednarz , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 January 2002; (p. 38)
winner (Adult) Man in a Shed Nicola Haywood , 2002 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 January 2002; (p. 93)
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Works About this Award

Wil, 16, Rides Away with Short Story Prize Deborah Bogle , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 2007; (p. 35)
Poignant Tale of Long-Lost Love a Winner Nicholas Henderson , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 January 2006; (p. 27)
Full of Praise for Fantasy Prose 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 7 February 2004; (p. 34)
City Window to the Heart of the Country Nathan Cross , 2003 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 March 2003; (p. 35)
Peach of a Tale Wins Our Prize for Writers Jonathan Hart , 2001 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 January 2001; (p. 18)
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