2025 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“MindportTM” by Tim Borella
Honourable Mentions:
“The 6.08 Girl” by Jeff Clulow
“Skin Deep” by Matt Tighe
Short Story Winner
“The Museum of Disease” by Zena Shapter
Honourable Mentions
“Incantation” by Sophie Clark
“Quo Vadis” by Cyrus Drummond
2024 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Everyday Red” by Monica Carroll
Honourable Mentions:
“This, My Gift of Cheese” by Emma Jones
“Seeded Star” by Pamela Jeffs
Short Story Winner
“The Warehouse” by Sally Bothroyd
Honourable Mentions:
“The Curse of Killing” by Jarred Fred
“Heaven Is Hungry” by Michael Botur
2023 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Sarcophilus” by Rue Karney (Maree Kimberley)
Honourable Mentions:
“To A Better Life” by Anthony Ferguson
“The Hanging Man” by Sienna Emseis
Short Story Winner
“Begin Again” by Wayne Hotu
Honourable Mentions:
“WorldStar & Son” by Michael Botur
“Wriggleteeth” by Matthew Tighe
2022 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Carnival Girl” by Leanbh Pearson
Honourable Mentions:
“Kingdom of the Blind” by Tim Borella
“I Need to Take a Pee” by Charles Spiteri
“Casey Kasem Counts Them Down” by Sally Bothroyd
Short Story Winner
“He Was Already There” by Joseph Townsend
Honourable Mention:
“Heroin for Housewives” by Sharon Rodgers
2021 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Animal Parade” by Dani Ringrose
Honourable Mentions:
“Eggs” by P.S. Cottier
“Oily Man” by Sumitra Shankar
Short Story Winner
“Test of Death” by Michael Botur
Honourable Mention:
“The Crossing” by Jeff Clulow
2020 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Mother Always Gets What She Wants” by Tim Hawken
Honourable Mention:
“Nightingale” by K.S. DeVille
Short Story Winner
“The Best Medicine” by Pauline Yates
Honourable Mention:
“The Favourites” by K.S. DeVille
2019 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Little Spoon” by Alissa Smith
Honourable Mention:
“Creed of the Autophage” by Baphomet Tripp.
Short Story Winner
“The Midnight Song” by Stuart Olver
Honourable Mention:
“Renting Space” by Matthew Tighe
2018 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“The Nymph” by Hari Navarro
Short Story Winner
“Keep Them Close” by Renee De Visser
2017 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Elizabeth” by Xanthe Knox
Honourable Mention:
“Rambling Man” by Andrew Cull
Short Story Winner
“Fish” by Chrisi Reardon
Honourable Mention:
“Byzantium” by Joshua Kemp
2016 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Tomorrow” by Glenn H. Mitchell
Honourable Mentions:
“Old Man Red Gum” by Matthew J. Morrison
“The Man” by Christine Ferdinands
Short Story Winner
“Brother” by Rue Karney
Honourable Mentions:
“Angel Hair” by Deborah Sheldon
“North Country” by Josh Kemp
2015 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Writing Class is Cancelled” by Zoe Downing
Short Story Winner
“On the Line” by Joseph Ashley-Smith
2014 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“What Came Through” by Stuart Olver
Honourable Mentions:
“The Heat of the Moment” by Pete Kempshall
“The AVM Initiative” by Rebecca Fraser
“Homecoming” by Anthony Ferguson
Short Story Winner
“Sundown” by Keith Williams
Honourable Mentions:
“A Simple Road Relocation” by Bruce Graham
“Glow” by Natalie J E Potts
2013 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Moonlight Sonata” by Tim Hawken
Honourable Mentions:
“Night Escape” by Noel Osualdini
“Palatable” by Mark Farrugia
“The Itch” by Mike Pieloor
“Under a Wing and a Prayer” by Alan Baxter
Short Story Joint Winners
“It’s Always the Children Who Suffer” by Alan Baxter
“Darker” by Zena Shapter
Honourable Mentions:
“Divorce Granted” by Cassandra Newman
“Lustbader” by Ron Schroer
“Open Windows, Closed Doors” by Shaun Taylor
“Skin” by Noel Osualdini
“Wee Willie Winkie” by Sam Howard
2012 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Always a Price” by Joanne Anderton
Honourable Mention:
“Life, Death and Customer Service” by Nicholas Stella
Short Story Winner
“Blood Lilies” by Shauna O’Meara
Honourable Mention:
“Fragments of a Botanical Journal” by Matthew J Morrison
2011 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Duncan Checks Out” by Nicholas Stella
Honourable Mentions:
“Homonculus” by David Rasborsek
“Jaxon’s Gift” by Natalie J E Potts
Short Story Winner
“Winds of Nzambi” by David Conyers & David Kernot
Honourable Mentions:
“Love Story” by Cassie Britland
“Slither and Squeeze” by Tracie McBride
2010 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Goggy” by Jason Fischer
Honourable Mentions:
“Down Cellar” by Aaron Ashley Garrison
“2109” by Eugene Gramelis
Short Story Winner
“Letters of Love from the Once and Newly Dead” by Christopher Green
Honourable Mentions:
“The Briefcase” by Aaron Ashley Garrison
“Rota Fortunae” by Felicity Dowker
2009 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Labour Pains” by Eugene Gramelis
Honourable Mentions:
“Where Waves Die” by Matt Tighe
“Perfect Setting for a Horror Movie” by Clare Fernando
Short Story Winner
“Busking” by Jason Fischer
Honourable Mentions:
“That Which We Create” by Felicity Dowker
“The Thing That Ate Him” by Tim Baker
“Where Are You Stars” by Ahmed Hafez
2008 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“The Exchange” by Benjamin Hayes
Honourable Mentions:
“Portrait” by Crisetta MacLeod
“Cold Feet” by Carolyn Eldridge-Alfonzetti
“The Salbine Incident” by Patrick O’Duffy
Short Story Winner
“Drowning” by Alice Godwin
Honourable Mentions:
“The Lord of the Law” by David Conyers
“The Dead End” by Stephen Studach
“The Biting of Nails” by Steven Cavanagh
2007 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Homo Canis” by David Conyers
Honourable Mentions:
“Come to Mummy” by Marlene Fulcher
“Necronomica” by Michael Barry
“Where i live” by Sara by Rebekah Jennings
Short Story Winner
“The Chinese Trolley Girl and the Sixth Bedroom” by Christina Alexander
Honourable Mentions:
“Dog Days” by Aaron Mannion
“The Retreat of the Ripper” by Delroy Oberg
“Mr Dalloway” by John De Laine
2006 Winners
Flash Fiction Winner
“Finding the Words” by Steven Cavanaugh
Honourable Mentions:
“Ironman” by Bob Franklin
“Stalker” by Kathryn Gossow
“Transcendence” by Liam Rands
Short Story Winner
“Vara” by Charles Spiteri
Honourable Mentions:
“Car Crash Weather” by Matthew Tait
“Rubber Monsters” by Stephen Studach
“The Hammer of God” by Michael Morris
2005 Winners
Flash Fiction Winners:
1st Place
“The River, Black with Night” by David Witteveen
2nd Place
“Moving Dad” by Steven Cavanagh
3rd Place
“The Feast” by Joanne Anderton
Honourable Mentions:
“Holiday” by Liam Rands
“Drawn from Life” by Jonathan Elsom
Short Story Winners:
1st Place
“The Incorruptible” by Siobhan Bailey
2nd Place
“The Coffin” by Kathryn England
3rd Place
“The Overcoat” by Barry Riley
Honourable Mentions:
“The Flower Girl” by Michelle Smith
“My People are Singing” by Deborah Crabtree
“Honour The Ottoman Dead” by Jamie McGraw
