The Bulletin Short Story Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

Hosted by the Bulletin. Prizes were First Prize (£3O), Second Prize (£l5), Third Prize (£5) and a Special Prize of £5. Winning stories were published in the Bulletin.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1939

winner Life Saver Henrietta Drake-Brockman , 1939 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 March vol. 60 no. 3081 1939; (p. 4-5,7) Sydney or the Bush 1948; (p. 77-90)
winner (Best Brief Short Story) The Girl at the Sports K. R. Cragg , 1938 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 October vol. 59 no. 3062 1938; (p. 7)

Year: 1938

winner Mail-Run East Gavin Casey , 1938 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 March vol. 59 no. 3031 1938; (p. 4-5,7) It's Harder for Girls and Other Stories 1942; (p. 155-170)
winner (Best Brief Short Story) Five Silver Pieces Edith Dithmack , 1938 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 January vol. 59 no. 3021 1938; (p. 6)

Year: 1937

winner (Best Brief Short Story) Emu-Intitjuma S. V. Porter , 1937 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 April vol. 58 no. 2984 1937; (p. 4)
winner A Journey Tomorrow Biddy Worger , 1936 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 December vol. 57 no. 2967 1936; (p. 4,5)

Works About this Award

Short Story Competition [The Bulletin, 9 March 1938] 1938 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 March vol. 59 no. 3030 1938; (p. 2)
Short-Story Competition [The Bulletin, 9 March 1938] 1938 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 March vol. 59 no. 3030 1938; (p. 2)
Short Story Competition [The Bulletin, 17 March 1937] 1937 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 17 March vol. 58 no. 2979 1937; (p. 8)
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