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Alison Gibbs Alison Gibbs i(A28435 works by)
Born: Established: 1963 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Alison Gibbs was born in 1963 and grew up in the towns and villages of northern New South Wales. She later settled in Sydney’s inner-west where she runs a writing consultancy, producing copy for United Nations Agencies and the not-for-profit sector. Her stories have been published and broadcast in Australia, the UK and the USA and have received numerous short-listings and awards, including the 2021 Griffith Review Emerging Voices Prize. Alison has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Technology Sydney. Her debut novel Repentance was completed with the help of a Varuna PIP Fellowship and published by Scribe in 2021.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • In addition to works indexed on AustLit, Alison Gibbs also had the short story 'Woman Bathing' broadcast on BBC World Service in 1993.

    For awards not individually indexed on AustLit, see work records.

Personal Awards

2022 recipient The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund to undertake research for second novel
2021 second place FAW (Tas) Henry Savery National Short Story Award for 'The Matter with Grandma'.
2021 longlisted Peter Carey Short Story Award for 'Things to Do Before You Die'.

Awards for Works

Emily Presents 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 74 2021; (p. 68-81) The Guardian Australia , 2 January 2022;
2021 winner Griffith Review Emerging Voices GREW Prize
Baby Oil 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Newcastle Short Story Award : Anthology 2021 2021;
2021 third prize Newcastle Short Story Award
The Ends of the Earth 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Sight Lines : 2014 UTS Writers' Anthology 2014; (p. 1-10)
2013 shortlisted ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
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