The Somerset National

Novella Writing Competition

NATIONAL WINNER 2009

Aphiwan (Natasha) King – “Meric”

STATE WINNERS 2009

Queensland

Amy Stevenson – “Remembrance” 

Victoria

Aphiwan (Natasha) King – “Meric”

New South Wales

Chloe Barber-Hancock – “Learning to Fly” 

South Australia

Selina Akhtar – “Betel Leaves and Nuts”

Western Australia

Samantha Chomyc – “Highway to Home”

SHORTLISTED 2009

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Queensland

Raechel Hudson – “Sparks”

Christine Schmacker – “Willow”

Justine Poustchi – “Good to the Last Drop”

Lauren Turner – “Somebody”

Western Australia

Matilda Sebire – “The Last Letter”

Poppy Damon – “Sunday Lunch”

Liam Richer – “Taming of the Savages”

Madison Magladry – "Adaptions”

South Australia & Northern Territory

Grace Goodfellow – “Gypsy Story”

Jordan Turner – “Perspective”

Victoria & Tasmania

Cassandra Reitano – “The Gypsy”

Isabel Sanz – “Bernie”

Mary Shuttleworth – “Road to Nowhere”

James Hogan – “Effect”

New South Wales

Hayley Van Houten – “Awakened”

Eimear O’Sullivan – “The Main Character”

Lonie Pizarro – “Reflecting Alice”

Kieran Hennessy – “Richmond Avenue”

Emily Tighe – “Paperbark Justice”