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Shanghaied

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GREG MUTTON. 

It has been said that our memories are what makes us who we are. So, who are we if we lose all our memories?

Two people wake up not knowing who they are, where they are or how they got there.

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Secrets in The Lakes

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SAL GALLAHER.

Mandy Reid, a successful yet emotionally scarred writer from L.A., returns to her hometown of Lake Haven after the untimely death of a close friend. Reconnecting with old friends, particularly the grieving widow Emma, Mandy gets entangled in the town’s web of dramas and buried secrets.

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Small Epiphanies

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DAVID TERELINCK.

A collection of poems that observes and records day-to-day life, and our interaction within nature and the universe. These poems of loss, grief, love, laughter, and hope are infused with small discoveries, insights, and moments of awareness around everyday situations and people,

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Protected: Entry Form: Seniors Card Short Story Competition 2025

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Entry Form: 2025 Marjorie Barnard Short Story Award

ENTRIES CLOSE 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025

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Conditions: 2025 Marjorie Barnard Short Story Award

Closing date: 31 August 2025

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

  1. The Award is for Short Stories up to 3000 words.
  2. Entrants must be permanent residents of Australia.
  3. Submitted entries must not have previously been published,

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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2025

The Annual General Meeting of the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc. is scheduled as follows: 

Date:Saturday May 3, 2025Time:Commencing at 10:00am sharpVenue:Royal Automobile Club of Australia
Macquarie Room,
89 Macquarie Street, Sydney

All members welcome.

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Entry Form: 2025 Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition

For Australian School Students

ENTRIES CLOSE at 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025

SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 & 12up to 2500 words Prize $150SECTION 2: Years 7, 8 & 9up to 2500 wordsPrize $125SECTION 3: Years 5 & 6up to 1500 wordsPrize $100SECTION 4: Year 4 &

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Conditions: 2025 Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition

For Australian School Students

Closing date: 31 August 2025

Entries are sought in the following categories:

SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 & 12 up to 2500 words Prize $150SECTION 2: Years 7, 8 & 9up to 2500 wordsPrize $125SECTION 3: Years 5 &

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Country Newspapers Short Story Competition

The Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW has partnered with Country Press by assisting them to conduct a Short Story competition through our member, Greg McFarland (Isolated Writer) as their Representative. There are 49 Country Newspapers involved which are listed below.

The Newspapers will publicise the event and distribute the Entry Forms. 

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Workshops for Seniors Card Short Story Competition 2025

NSW Govt and Seniors Card logos

The NSW Dept of Communities and Justice and FAW are conducting a Short Story Competition for NSW Seniors Card and Senior Savers Card holders. The Top 100 stories will be published in Seniors Stories Volume 11. Seniors Card membership, the competition entry and Workshops are FREE.

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Conditions of Entry: Seniors Card Short Story Competition 2025

NSW Govt and Seniors Card logos

Opens 9.00am Sunday 20th April – Closes 6.00pm Sunday 1st June 2025.

The NSW Dept of Communities and Justice and FAW are conducting a Short Story Competition. The Top 100 stories will be published in Seniors Stories Volume 11 and NSW Seniors Card Membership, the competition entry and Workshops are FREE.

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The 2025 Ernestine Hill Memorial Short Story Awards Luncheon

Immediately following the 2024 FAW NSW Annual General Meeting will be the second Ernestine Hill Memorial Short Story Awards Luncheon.

This event will include presentation of both the Ernestine Hill Memorial Short Story Award and the Rae Alison Cerhan Australiana Ballad competition.

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The Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025

Closing date: 23 February 2025

Stringybark Stories is proud to announce its 44th short story competition since 2010. Stringybark Publishing, and authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are proud to sponsor the Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025.

This is their flagship short story award.

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2025 Luncheon Tickets Order Form

Please complete this form to book and purchase tickets for the 2025 FAW Ernestine Hill Short Story Awards Luncheon, to be held following the Annual General Meeting at the same venue.

Payment can be made securely through Stripe with either a credit card or with Apple Pay or Google Pay.

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Love’s Voice

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LESLEY JEAN IRVINE.

The author says, “This is a poetic account of my search for meaning, to finding God’s love, and my subsequent faith journey. God’s voice especially speaks to me in the beauty, mystery and wonder of nature. The poems are enhanced by my photos and related scriptures.”

Published December 2024,

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