Kit Scriven

• Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology 2021, Hunters Writers Centre, ‘She wore red on her lips’

‘a marvelously vivid, aural story of loss and survival’

Judges’ report, Newcastle Short Story Anthology 2021, Hunters Writers Centre

• Peter Cowan Writers Centre e-magazine 2021, ‘The womb of his truck’

‘The precision of the detail is remarkable, allowing readers to understand the situation through careful implication’

Judge’s report, Peter Cowan Writers Centre, https://pcwc.org.au/competition-results/2021-pc600-short-story-competition-judges-report/

• Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland, Scope 2021, ‘Freedom’

• Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland, Scope 2020, ‘The sentence’

• Margaret River Short Story Competition (2019) We’ll stand in that place and other stories (Cahill M Ed), ‘We’ll stand in that place’, Margaret River Press, Witchcliffe, Western Australia.

• Margaret River Short Story Competition (2018) Pigface and other stories (O’Neill R Ed), ‘The fate of angels’, Margaret River Press, Witchcliffe, Western Australia.

• Better Read Than Dead Writing Anthology (2019) The road less travelled, ‘Eve’s Passenger’, Better Read Pty Limited, Newtown, NSW.

• Forty South Short Story Anthology (2019) The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize, ‘The compendium of the ephemeral’, Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd, Hobart, Tasmania.

• Island 155 (2018) ‘He cannot dream a river’, Island Magazine, Hobart.

• Island 150 (2017) ‘Poems from another planet’, Island Magazine, Hobart.

• SALA Short Stories (2016) ‘Knees like polished stones, Extempore Pty Ltd, Mansfield.

‘a masterclass in metaphor’

Judge’s report, 2016 SALA Short Story Prize