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New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing
Results 2014
The New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing is a national award for unpublished short-form crime writing in three Open categories:
Fiction was particularly well represented with the winners of—not only Fiction—but als the Emerging Writers’ Award and the New England Award, coming from that category this year. Fiction judge Wendy James commented: I was really impressed by the quality of the writing as well as the diversity of style and subject matter in this year’s entries for the Fiction category in the Thunderbolt Prize. This quality, and the nationwide recognition that the Thunderbolt Prize has already achieved in just two years, is also reflected in the fact that last year’s winner of the Fiction category, Emma Viskic, and last year’s winner of the Poetry category, Mark O'Flynn, had their winning Thunderbolt Prize entries selected for inclusion this year in a book showcasing award-winning writing. |
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The winners for 2014 are: |
New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Fiction
First Prize: $500 for a story of up to 2,500 words.
WINNER: Peter Bishop (Scone, NSW), for
‘Bushman’
Highly Commended:
Frank Davidson (Sydney, NSW), for ‘Grand-da’s Stolen Boots’
Commended:
Catherine McBride (Glen Innes, NSW), for her story ‘Cat and Mouse’
Commended:
John Porter (Gloucester, NSW), for his story ‘The Moonlighter’
Sponsored by:
The School of Arts, University of New England (UNE) (Armidale, NSW)
New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Non-Fiction
First Prize: $500 for an article of up to 2,500 words.WINNER: Don Schofield (Springwood, NSW), for ‘Riley, the Bushranger’
Sponsored by:
The Armidale Express, NSW
New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Poetry
WINNERS (split prize): $500 for a poem of up to 60 lines.
Highly Commended: Jeff Guess (South Australia), for ‘The Beekeeper’
Commended: Bob Wright (Sydney, NSW), for ‘The Breaker’
Sponsored by:
Friends of Tamworth Libraries, Tamworth, NSW
New England Award
Prize: $300 for the best entry in any category by a writer resident in New England.JOINT WINNERS:
Catherine McBride( Glenn Innes, NSW), for ‘Cat and Mouse;
John Porter (Gloucester, NSW), for his story ‘The Moonlighter’
Sponsored by:
New England Writers’ Centre (Armidale, NSW)
Reader’s Companion Bookshop (Armidale, NSW)
Emerging Authors Award
Prize: $200 for the best entry in any category from new, unpublished writers only, from anywhere in Australia.WINNER: Frank Davidson(Springwood, NSW), for ‘Grand-da’s Stolen Boots’
Sponsored by:
Chaucer on Bridge Street (Uralla, NSW)
Armidale Dumaresq Library (Armidale, NSW)
The New England Writers’ Centre is grateful for the assistance of:
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