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Greater Dandenong Writing Awards
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

Offered by the Greater Dandenong Council. Categories included short stories, English as a second language and poetry.  

Notes

  • The Greater Dandenong National Writing Awards, along with WordsFest, celebrates the written word each year between March and June. The writing competition attracts prizemoney of over $4,500 and is awarded in the following categories: Open Poetry, Open Short Story, ESL Encouragement, Teen Short Story, Teen Poetry, Junior Short Story and Junior Poetry.

    (Source: City of Greater Dandenong website, http://www.greaterdandenong.com/)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2002

winner (Open Short Story) The Gunshot Symphony Libby Hart , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 62 no. 4 2003; (p. 21-26)

Aaron's uncle Joe dies after being shot in the forehead while on a fishing boat. Aaron, a deaf lover of music, slowly comes to terms with this tragedy as he listens to Beethoven through the vibrations, soothed by the feeling of the music.
winner Future Girl Paddy O'Reilly , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: The End of the World 2007; (p. 73-85)
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