Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
The Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize[1] is an annual short fiction competition run by the Australian Book Review. The Prize, with total prize money of AU$12,500 and 'generating over a thousand new stories each year',[2] is 'hotly contested'[3] and considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative prizes for an original short story'[4] on the Australian literary calendar.[5]
History
The Prize was originally known as the ABR Short Story Competition[6] when it was established in 2010, however the ABR renamed the award 'in honour of Elizabeth Jolley, and first awarded it under its new name, the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, in 2011'.[7]
The Prize accepts submissions from authors worldwide, however stories must be by a single author and written in English.
Winners
- 2010: Maria Takolander: A Roānkin Philosophy of Poetry[8]
- 2011: Carrie Tiffany: Before He Left the Family,[9] and Gregory Day: The Neighbour's Beans[10]
- 2012: Sue Hurley: Patterns in Nature[11][12]
- 2013: Michelle Michau-Crawford: Leaving Elvis[13]
- 2014: Jennifer Down: Aokigahar[14][15]
- 2015: Rob Magnuson Smith: The Elector of Nossnearly[16][17]
- 2016: Josephine Rowe: Glisk[18][19]
- 2017: Eliza Robertson: Pheidippides[20][21]
- 2018: Madelaine Lucas: Ruins[22]
- 2019: Sonja Dechian: The Point-Blank Murder[23]
- 2020: Mykaela Saunders: River Story[24]
References
- "2014 Jolley Prize". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Short fiction is getting a whole lot bigger". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story prize". Radio National. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, by May 1". Archived from the original on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "2013 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize - Bachelor of Writing and Publishing". Bachelor of Writing and Publishing. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Maria Takolander. "2010 Elizabeth Jolley Prize Winner". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Carrie Tiffany. "Jolley Prize 2011: 'Before He Left the Family'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Gregory Day. "Jolley Prize 2011: 'The Neighbour's Beans'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Sue Hurley. "Jolley Prize 2012: 'Patterns in Nature'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Hurley wins 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- Michelle Michau-Crawford. "Jolley Prize 2013: 'Leaving Elvis'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- Jennifer Down. "Jolley Prize 2014: 'Aokigahara'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Down wins 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Prize". Books+Publishing. 2014-09-01. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- "ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". www.australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- "Magnuson Smith wins 2015 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- Rowe, Josephine. "Jolley Prize 2016 (Winner): 'Glisk' by Josephine Rowe". Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- "Rowe wins 2016 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- Robertson, Eliza. "Jolley Prize 2017 (Winner): 'Pheidippides' by Eliza Robertson". Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- "Robertson wins 2017 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- "Lucas wins 2018 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- "Dechian wins 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- "Winner | 2020 Jolley Prize | Mykaela Saunders for 'River Story'". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 2020-08-13.