Elizabeth
Jolley Short Story; Deadline 10 April 2017
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story; Deadline 10 April 2017- The
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is one of Australia’s most lucrative prizes
for an original short story. Managed by Australian Book Review, the prize is
worth a total of AUD$12,500 (approximately US$9400).
The winner
of the 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize will receive $7000, and there
are runners-up prizes of $2000 and $1000. In addition, three entries
will receive judge’s commendation prizes of $850 each.
Entries
are welcome from writers anywhere in the world and there are no age
restrictions.
Entries
must be a single-authored short story of between 2000 and 5000 words, written
in English. Stories must not have been previously published or be on offer to
other prizes or publications for the duration of the prize. Multiple entries
are permitted and stories entered but not shortlisted in past Jolley Prizes may
be re-entered. An entry fee of $25 (or $15 for ABR subscribers and
students) is payable with each entry.
The three
shortlisted stories will be published in the August Fiction Issue of Australian
Book Review and the winner will be announced at a special event later in the
month.
The 2016
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize was won by Josephine Rowe for her story ‘Glisk’. That year the prize attracted over 1400
entries from over thirty-eight different countries,
