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- ↑ Tabloid Story received a subsidy from the Australia Council and was distributed as an adjunct to newspapers and magazines such as The Bulletin, The National Times, and local and student publications. It popularised the contemporary short story for a brief period.
- ↑ "The Age Short Story Competition" . Austlit Thesaurus. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "The Age Short Story Competition". The Age . 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ There is often confusion in reporting the awards as the award is sometimes announced around December and sometimes around January. Consequently, some sources give the year as the year the competition closed, and some as the year the award was announced. This may account for any apparent discrepancies in the list given below. There is no official listing from The Age to clarify the situation.
- ↑ Bishop, Stephanie (25 September 2006). "Dark Roots". Sydney Morning Herald . ISSN 0312-6315 . Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ Steger, Jason (2002) "Writer's winning streak" in The Age 2002-12-14
- ↑ Steger, Jason (8 January 2005). "All Fathers the Father". The Age . Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ From the wreck
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