Westerly Short Story Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

This short story competition was offered by Westerly magazine. The judges for this competition were David Bradley University of Western Australia the English Department, John K. Ewers  of the Fellowship of Australian Writers, and the Editors of Westerly, Hal Nicholson and Peter Abotomey, who acted together as a single unit. 

There were two sections to the competition; Section I, which was open to any writer, for the awards £60, £10 and £10; and two stories for the £15 and £5 awards under Section II, which was restricted to University students under twenty-five. (Source : Westerly, Issue 1, 1960 p. 3)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1960

winner (Section I) Out of the Morning Francy de Grys , 1960 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1960; (p. 8-11)

Works About this Award

Competition Comment David Bradley , 1960 single work criticism
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1960; (p. 5-7)
Judging a Competition 1960 single work column
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1960; (p. 3)
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