McGregor Literary Competition
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1985

winner Rock a Bye, Don't You Cry Joan Van Loon , 1986 single work short story
— Appears in: Brave New Word , June no. 7 1986; (p. 36-39)

Year: 1982

winner Fish and Chips Archie Weller , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 108-113) Going Home : Stories 1986; (p. 131-135) Daughters of the Sun : Short Stories from Western Australia 1994; (p. 199-205)

Year: 1980

winner Sandcastles Archie Weller , 1979 single work short story
— Appears in: The Dwarf : Selections from the McGregor Literary Competitions 1978-79 1979; Personal Best : Thirty Australian Authors Choose Their Best Short Stories 1989; (p. 309-318) The Penguin Century of Australian Stories 2000; (p. 652-660) The Window Seat and Other Stories 2009; (p. 29-41)
(Prose) Paper Children Elizabeth Jolley , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , October no. 89 1982; (p. 2-10) Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 7-24) Woman in a Lampshade 1983; (p. 82-100) The Secret Self 2: Short Stories by Women 1987; (p. 334-350) Fellow Passengers : Collected Stories 1997; (p. 149-170) Learning to Dance : Elizabeth Jolley : Her Life and Work 2006; (p. 101-121)
(Poetry) In the Suburbs i "The porch faces the street", Julia Britton , 1979 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Three 1979; (p. 18-19) SA Poets' Union Directory 1979; Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 25-26)
(Prose) The Queen Says Mix Graham Sheil , 1981 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , July no. 3 1981; (p. 68-78) Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 27-41) Australian Short Stories , vol. 1 no. 2 1983; (p. 6-17) Islands 1986; (p. 9-23)
(Poetry) The Song of the Tropical Birds i "Certain species perform", Brian Dibble , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 59)
(Poetry) Beloit: :Perth i "this shore", Brian Dibble , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 61) Analogues 1987; (p. 63-64)
(Poetry) Antipodean Triptych Brian Dibble , 1982 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 59-61) Analogues 1987; (p. 61)
(Prose) Narratives Jonathan Dawson , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 50-58)
(Prose) Mangroves i "Against the moon", Peter Long , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 42-49)
(Poetry) Easter Morning, Delphi i "Last night they mourned for Dionysos dead.", Isobel Robin , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 62) Pen Friends : Poems 1984; (p. 53) The introduction states that the selected poems and stories were commended or awarded prizes in the 1980 and 1981 McGregor Literary Competition. However, the neither the placings nor the year of entry is given anywhere in the publication.
(Prose) Stony Valley Avital Nathani , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 63-71)
1 : Procession Procession Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 72)
— Appears in: Mattoid , no. 25 1986; Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 55)
2 : Tenth Count Tenth Count i "Sober autumn air fosters a clean grief.", Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 72-73) Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 56)
3 : Ash Ash i "The fourth, last brother is dead before fifty.", Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 73) Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 57)
4 : Gatherings Gatherings i "Last year in Melbourne somewhere,", Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 73-74) Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 58-59)
5 : Night Vision Night Vision i "One single grief has power to rouse", Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 75) Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 60)
6 : Honeycomb Honeycomb Diane Fahey , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 75)
— Appears in: Voices from the Honeycomb 1986; (p. 61)
A Death in the City Diane Fahey , 1982 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 72-75) Australian Poetry Library 2004-;
(Poetry) The Rainy Season i "It's so wet the calf's tail drips like a tap,", Allan Jurd , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 76)
(Prose) Bonny Arthur Thomas , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 77-87)
(Poetry) With a Stone i "Having murdered the king,", Kevin Brophy , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 88)
(Poetry) Betty i "BETTY READS THE NECESSARY NOVELS.", Kevin Brophy , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 89)
(Poetry) The Equally Soft Yellow Clerk i "insists on his fountain pen", Kevin Brophy , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 90)
(Prose) George Jeremy Stoljar , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 91-95)
(Poetry) Manrat i "Manrat shot his hearing aid", Maria Laura Molino , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 96-97)
(Prose) Weesechosek, a Good Place to Live Suburban Walk; A Walk on the Wild Side Paul Collins , 1980 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 98-104)
— Appears in: Ad Astra , vol. 3 no. 13 1980; (p. 31-32) Cygnus Chronicler , December 1980; SF aus Australien 1982; (p. 117-124) The Government in Exile and Other Stories 1994; (p. 1-11)
(Poetry) Epileptic i "It is a blue sky jetty snaking over the river", Mary Dilworth , 1982 single work poetry
— Appears in: Paper Children : Selections From the McGregor Literary Competitions, 1980-81 1982; (p. 107) Riding to a Paradise 1993; (p. 48)
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