Wyong FAW: Pursuing Excellence in Writing – Fellowship of Australian Writers New South Wales

Wyong Writers Group: Prose 2025 Inhouse Competition Winner

Marie Lee, Wyong Writers — Korean born writer **Marie Lee** (pictured) is a new member of Wyong writers Group but has published 11 books in her native language. Marie’s goal is to publish her stories in English with the support and encouragement of members of the Group. Marie is the 2025 Wyong Writers Group Prose competition winner with her entry ‘I was there when cherry blossoms fell’…

The fortress must have fallen long ago. However, the old mansion that had withstood the weight of time still retained the remnants of its past glory. Inside those towering stone walls, his mother resided. Standing before the tall wooden gate, he hesitated for a long time. His mother must be waiting for her son inside. Or she had even forgotten the very word ‘son.’ Still, he deliberately murmured to himself, “I’m here to see my mother”…

Full story appears in Writers Voice Spring Edition No. 289, published September 2025.