Results of 2022 Mulga Bill Writing Award

[Shelley Hansen]

Sponsored by the Goldfield Libraries, Victoria.

Short story winners

2000 words or less. Winner selected by Lauren Mitchell, author and writer.

First Prize ($500): Andy McQuestin - Ring of Survivors at the Bellfield Community Centre
Second Prize ($150): Steven French - A Shearing to Remember
Highly Commended: Emma Louise Gill - And We'll Throw Your Ashes to the Wind

Poetry winners

25 lines or less. Winners selected by award-winning poet and writer Lorraine Marwood

First Prize ($200): David Campbell - Pelican
Second Prize ($50): Julia Giffard - Again
Highly Commended: Gideon McDonald - Between the Speckled Lights

Winning entries can be read here: https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/mulgabillwritingaward

CONGRATULATIONS ALL - and a special mention to our friend and colleague David Campbell for his winning free verse entry.