The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

Conducted by the Canberra Times. Winning entries were published in book form.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1988

winner (Pat Rappolt Prize for Writers Under 25) Peas Robert Carver , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 October 1988; (p. 21)

Year: 1986

Year: 1985

Year: 1983

winner (Pat Rappolt Prize for Writers Under 25) The Swimmer Liam Davison , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , October vol. 29 no. 3 1984; (p. 37-43) Australian Short Stories , vol. 2 no. 5 1984; (p. 7-13) Not Drowning, But Waving : Fifteen Years of the National Short Story Competition 1988; (p. 157-167) The Shipwreck Party 1989; (p. 12-23) Penguin Australian Summer Stories 1999; (p. 104-116) Collected Stories 2001; (p. 13-22)

Year: 1981

Works About this Award

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