Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
The ABR 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".[6]
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"[7]
- 2011: Carrie Tiffany: "Before He Left the Family",[8] and Gregory Day: "The Neighbour's Beans"[9]
- 2012: Sue Hurley: "Patterns in Nature"[10][11]
- 2013: Michelle Michau-Crawford: "Leaving Elvis"[12]
- 2014: Jennifer Down: "Aokigahara"[13][14]
- 2015: Rob Magnuson Smith: "The Elector of Nossnearly"[15][16]
- 2016: Josephine Rowe: "Glisk"[17][18]
- 2017: Eliza Robertson: "Pheidippides"[19][20]
- 2018: Madelaine Lucas: "Ruins"[21]
- 2019: Sonja Dechian: "The Point-Blank Murder"[22]
- 2020: Mykaela Saunders: "River Story"[23]
- 2021: Camilla Chaudhary: "The Enemy, Asyndeton"[24]
- 2022: Tracy Ellis: "Natural Wonder"[25]
- 2023: Rowan Heath: "The Mannequin"[26]
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. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, by May 1". ntwriters.com.au. 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.
- 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 (September 2012). "Jolley Prize 2012: 'Patterns in Nature'". Australian Book Review (344). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- "Hurley wins 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- 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. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". www.australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- "Magnuson Smith wins 2015 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- Rowe, Josephine (August 2016). "Jolley Prize 2016 (Winner): 'Glisk' by Josephine Rowe". Australian Book Review (383). Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- "Rowe wins 2016 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- Robertson, Eliza. "Jolley Prize 2017 (Winner): 'Pheidippides' by Eliza Robertson". Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- "Robertson wins 2017 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Lucas wins 2018 'ABR' Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Dechian wins 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- "Winner | 2020 Jolley Prize | Mykaela Saunders for 'River Story'". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- "Chaudhary wins 2021 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- "Ellis wins 2022 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- "Heath wins 2023 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize". Books+Publishing. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.