The FAWNSW Marjorie Barnard Short Story Award

Awarded to:
Gabrielle Leago for ‘The Dark Road Home’.

• Judge’s Report
• The prize-winning story.

The FAWNSW Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Short Story Competition for Australian School Children

• Judge’s Comments

Section 1: Senior Secondary (Years 10,

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From a longlist of 12 very good stories, I eventually drew up a shortlist of 4:

• 5: ‘Bad Bones’
• 13: ‘Kind’
• 38: ‘Thursdays at Samar’s’
• 39: ‘The Dark Road Home’.

After reading and re-reading these four stories I finally decided the winner should be No.

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The Dark Road Home

by Gabrielle Leago

When we were young we ran laughing through storms. Now we shamble hip to hip, stepping carefully over puddles, scowling into wind-blown rain, his bones sharp against me. In the car park I’m cheered by the sight of the stolid ute,

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