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Gippsland Writers Network Summer Short Story Competition

Send us your spec fic, horror, fantasy, literary, historical, or uncategorised words! Use your imagination, twist it up, make us stop and take a breath.

Entries must be no longer than 500 words. The competition closes 5pm 28 February 2026.

Fees

$5 entry fee for GWN paid members; $10 standard fee.

  • 1st Prize: $200 cash

  • 2 nd Prize: $100 book pack from The Gumboot Collective

  • 3rd Prize: $50 Collins voucher

  • Gippsland Writer Prize: Two-year Writers Victoria regional membership

Find out more and enter here.

GWN Summer Short Story Competition 2024-25 Winners

We’re delighted to announce that the winners of our annual short story competition have been announced. This year’s theme was ‘storm’. Congratulations!
Full details of all our competition winners, past and present (including short bios and copies of their winning entries) can be found in the site Archive section

First place –

Gayle Beveridge

Second Place –

Mary-Jane Gibson

Third Place –

Oona McManus

Gippsland Writers Award –

Jonathan Williams