Results of the 2016 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
Overland and judges Stephanie Bishop, Aviva Tuffield and Tony Wheeler are pleased to announce the winning entries in this year’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize.
Prizes
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize: the 2016 shortlist
The three judges for this year’s competition – Stephanie Bishop, Aviva Tuffield and Tony Wheeler – have finished their blind judging and deliberation, and decided on a shortlist of nine outstanding stories with varying approaches to the theme.
The results of the 2016 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
For the first time in its history, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize has resulted in a tie; as such, the prize money for this year’s first and second place will be combined, and split evenly between the two poems that have placed equal first.
2016 Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
The 2016 judges, Overland poetry editor Toby Fitch and poet Jill Jones, have finished blind judging the competition and, after deliberation, have selected a shortlist of nine poems.
Fair Australia Prize 2016: the winners
Overland and the National Union of Workers are very pleased to announce the winning entries of this year’s Fair Australia Prize.
2016 Story Wine Prize: the winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Overland Story Wine Prize.
The 2016 Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize shortlist
Overland and the National Union of Workers are pleased to announce and congratulate the following writers and artists who have been shortlisted for the 2016 Fair Australia Prize.
2016 Story Wine Prize: the shortlist
We received more than 500 entries in the third year of the Overland Story Wine Prize, the calibre of which greatly impressed our three judges – award-winning writer and screenwriter Michelle Law, novelist and winner of the 2015 Stella Prize Emily Bitto, and winner of the 2015 Overland Story Wine Prize, Melissa Manning.
Announcing the winners of the 2016 VU Short Story Prize
Overland, Victoria University and this year’s three judges – Jennifer Mills, Alison Whan and Jacinda Woodhead – are very pleased to announce the winners of the Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers.
Shortlist for the 2016 VU Short Story Prize
Overland and Victoria University are pleased to announce that the three judges of this year’s Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers – Overland fiction editor Jennifer Mills, Overland editor Jacinda Woodhead and Victoria University’s Alison Whan – have reduced this year’s 500 entries to a shortlist of fourteen stories.
The 2016 Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize
This $20,000 prize encourages artists and writers of fiction, poetry and essays to be part of setting a new agenda for Australia. Winning entries will be published in a special Fair Australia supplement in Overland 225, to be launched in Melbourne in early December. Entry is free.
Announcing the winners of the Nakata Brophy Prize
Announcing the winners of this year’s Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers.
Shortlist for the 2015 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers
The three judges for the 2015 competition – Charmaine Papertalk-Green, Overland’s Toby Fitch and Trinity College’s Katherine Firth – have now decided on a shortlist of six outstanding poems from up-and-coming Indigenous writers.
2015 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize: judges’ report
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Announcing the winners of the Neilma Sidney Prize
Overland magazine and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are very pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize.
Shortlist for the first Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
The three judges for the first year of the competition – Alice Pung, Ellen van Neerven and Stephanie Convery – have now finished their blind judging and deliberation, and decided on a shortlist of eight outstanding stories with varying approaches to the theme, ‘travel’.
Announcing the winners of the 2015 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Overland magazine and the Malcolm Robertson Foundation are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Judith Wright Poetry Prize.
2015 Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist
In its ninth year, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize continues to attract hundreds of outstanding new poetic works from across Australia and New Zealand. Now, Overland’s retiring poetry editor Peter Minter and Overland’s new poetry editor Toby Fitch have finished blind judging the competition and, after deliberation, have selected a shortlist of eight poems.
Announcing the winners of the 2015 Short Story Prize
Overland, Victoria University and the three judges – Nam Le, Natalie Kon-yu and Jacinda Woodhead – are very please to announce the winners of the Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers.
Shortlist for the 2015 Short Story Prize
Overland and Victoria University are pleased to announce that the three judges of the Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers – writer Nam Le, writer and Victoria University academic Natalie Kon-yu and Overland editor Jacinda Woodhead – have finally decided on a shortlist of twelve stories.
2015 Story Wine Prize: the winners
The stories that stood out in this year’s competition, especially those on the shortlist, note judges Alicia Sometimes, Clare Strahan and Leah Swann, honed in on a moment or mood ‘with precision and attention to the finest, evocative detail’.
2015 Story Wine Prize: the shortlist
After reading the entries blind, the judges have selected a shortlist of eight outstanding stories. The winning story will receive a $4000 first prize and be published on the label of a bottle of Story Wine, as well as in Overland’s print magazine. Two runners-up will each receive $500 and be published at Overland online, and on the labels of different Story Wines vintages. Winners will be announced next week.
Announcing the winners of the XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word
Arts Queensland’s XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word is Australia’s first arts award that recognises the growing field of spoken word.
Announcing the winners of the Fair Australia Prize
Overland and the National Union of Workers are very pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Fair Australia Prize, all of whom will be published in Overland 220, a special extended edition to be launched in Melbourne in late August.
VU Short Story Prize now open!
The Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers is now open. This year, the competition will be judged by writer Nam Le, writer and academic Natalie Kon-yu and Overland‘s Jacinda Woodhead.
The Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize shortlist
What does a fair Australia look like, and how do we get there? The Fair Australia Prize asked writers and artists to engage with these questions and imagine a new political agenda for Australia through fiction, essays, poetry and illustrations. Overland…
2014 Poetry Prize shortlist
Since 2007, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been Australia’s richest competition for new and emerging poets. This year again the competition attracted hundreds of high-calibre entries.
The Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers
In 2015 the prize will be awarded to the best short story (limit of 3000 words) by an Indigenous writer who is 30 years or younger at the closing date of the competition.
Shortlist for the 2014 Short Story Prize
The judges – Overland editor Jeff Sparrow, fiction editor Jennifer Mills, deputy editor Jacinda Woodhead, and Victoria University academic and writer Jenny Lee – have finally decided on a shortlist of thirteen stories.
Winners of the Overland Story Wine Prize
It’s our great pleasure to announce the winners of the inaugural Overland Story Wine Prize.
Shortlist for the Story Wine Prize
We received around 400 entries for our inaugural Story Wine Prize. The three judges – novelist and Overland contributing editor Clare Strahan, wine writer and critic Campbell Mattinson, and short story writer and novelist Paddy O’Reilly – said they found the stories to be clever and diverse, and of a high standard overall.
The 2014 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize
The competition aims to discover the finest in original short fiction by new writers across Australia and New Zealand. With a $6000 first prize and two runner-up prizes of $1000, the award is the most lucrative of its kind in both countries. All three winning stories will also be published in Overland magazine.
The Overland Story Wine Prize
Welcome to the Overland Story Wine Prize. The competition aims to discover the finest in original short fiction under a thousand words. The winning story will receive a $3000 first prize and will be published on the label of a Story Wines shiraz, as well as in Overland. Two runners-up will each receive $500.