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Write Around the Murray Short Story Competition
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Write Around the Murray Short Story Competition

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Judge

Margaret Hickey

Word limit

3000

Entry fee

$15

Prize amount

First prize $1,000; 2nd prize $200 QBD book voucher; 3rd prize $100 QBD book voucher

Closing date

11:59pm, 1 July 2026

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And the winners are....

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Write Around the Murray Short Story Award 2025 as selected by our judge, Margaret Hickey.

It was a very strong pool of entries so we want to encourage all the writers to took part to keep on trying and putting your work out there. Your creations were very impressive! Thank you everyone for your participation.

Click on the links to read all three of these marvellous stories below.

Third Prize: Emma Gourlay “Love Hurts, Cave Hurts”

Second Prize: Ayaan Mohiuddin “Moth Season”

FIRST PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE WRITE AROUND THE MURRAY SHORT STORY AWARD 2025: Thomas Henry Jones “Torched”


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