Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize

Last updated
Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize
Wet Ink CAL Short Story Prize Logo.png
Awarded forExcellence in short story fiction
CountryAustralia
Presented by Wet Ink
First awarded2010
Last awarded2012
Currently held byClair Aman
Website Official site

The Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize, formally known as the Wet Ink Short Story Prize, was an annual literary award given by the magazine Wet Ink for Australian short fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. The Wet Ink Short Story Prize was first awarded in 2011 for works written during 2010. The award was discontinued following the closure of Wet Ink with 2012 being the final year the prize was awarded.

Contents

History

In March 2010 the Australian magazine Wet Ink announced the creation of the Wet Ink Short Story Prize to mark their five years of publication. [1]

The 2010 prize was open for entries until August 31, 2010. [1] Entries must have met certain criteria including having been written by a writer who is living in Australia, the story must have never been previously published nor be under consideration by a publisher, magazine or for any other prize. The short story doesn't have to follow any set style or theme but must be 5000 words or less. [2] The 2010 prize was judged by Wet Ink's fiction editors Sally Breen and Emmett Stinson, and guest judge Peter Goldsworthy. [1] The winner was announced in January 2011. "The Development Drip" by David Jagger won first prize [3] of $3000, a year's subscription to Wet Ink, as well as the story being published in the March 2011 issue of Wet Ink. [1] Two highly commended entries received a prize of $200, publication in the March 2011 issue, and a year's subscription to the magazine. Mike Ladd's "Ken" and Sam Twyford-Moore's "Everything We Did in a Different Order" were the two highly commended entries of the 2010 prize. [1] [3] All shortlisted entries received $150, publication in the 'Shortlist issue' [June 2011] of Wet Ink, and a year's subscription to the magazine.

In 2011, after receiving funding from the Copyright Agency Ltd Cultural Fund, Wet Ink renamed the prize 'The Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize' and increased the value of its prizes to $3000 First Prize, $1000 each for two Highly Commended entries, and $250 for each shortlisted entry. [2] [4] In addition, each of these entrants will be published in Wet Ink and receive a year's subscription to the magazine. [2]

In 2011, the Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize will be judged by Wet Ink's fiction editors Sally Breen and David Sornig, and guest judge Brian Castro. The 2011 prize was won by Sarah Klenbort for her work "Sale Victoria" while J Anne de Staic and James Klousia received the two high commendations. [5]

Wet Ink closed in late 2012. Despite this, the Short Story Prize for 2012 was published online at www.wetink.com.au in April 2013, and prizes were awarded and paid. The Wet Ink website was maintained until June 2013 with details of the winners and the shortlist. The winner of the Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize was Claire Aman with two runners-up, Rebekah Clarkson and James Halford. [6]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the story's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.

  *   Winners and joint winners
  *   Commendations
  *   Runners-up
  *   Nominees on the shortlist

YearAuthor(s)Short storyRef
2010 David Jagger *"The Development Drip" [3]
2010 Mike Ladd "Ken" [3]
2010 Sam Twyford-Moore"Everything We Did in a Different Order" [3]
2010 Pamela Baker"Something to Tell You" [3]
2010 Maggie Betts "French Kissing" [3]
2010 Christopher Burns"Lonely Leather" [3]
2010 Jacinta Butterworth"Fence" [3]
2010 Arthur Chaffey"East" [3]
2010 Rebekah Clarkson"Barking Dogs" [3]
2010 Lynne Deperas"Stick" [3]
2010 Liz Gallois"My Bald Head" [3]
2010 Mark Liston"Les’s Mudflats" [3]
2010 Kirk Marshall"Validation" [3]
2010 Janine Mikosza"In the First Place" [3]
2010 Lois Murphy"Out of their Depths" [3]
2010 Susan Paterson"Flowers for a Dry Land" [3]
2010 Pavle Radonic"Grattan Street" [3]
2010 Pavle Radonic"The Romance Influence" [3]
2010 Joanne Riccioni"Lightning and Phosphorescence" [3]
2010 Ann Shenfield"For Sylvia" [3]
2010 Ben Sorgiovanni"The Fire" [3]
2010 Amy St Lawrence"Percy" [3]
2010 Alexander Symonds"Civil War" [3]
2010 Emma Waters"Caged Rabbits" [3]
2010 Dave Wilkinson"Breaking the Surface" [3]
2010 Sean Wilson"By the Pond" [3]
2011 Sarah Klenbort *"Sale Victoria" [5]
2011 J Anne de Staic"Fire Jump" [5]
2011 James Klousia"Toy Soldier" [5]
2011 Cassandra Atherton "Drufock's Lover" [5]
2011 Antonia Baldo"A Real Man" [5]
2011 Sophia Helen Barnes"Tsoi" [5]
2011 Jacinta Butterworth"Zombies" [5]
2011 Clinton Caward"The Stars" [5]
2011 Elva Darnell"The Bite" [5]
2011 Barbara Eather"3pm Anzac Day" [5]
2011 Liz Gallois"What Happens at Home" [5]
2011 Craig Garrett"Magpies" [5]
2011 Susan Holoubek"Always by You" [5]
2011 Patricia Jones"The Rebel and his Ruin" [5]
2011 Tim Lucas"Slow Wave" [5]
2011 Aaron Mannion"Notice Me Take My Hand" [5]
2011 Lois Murphy"Troy" [5]
2011 Adam Narnst"Blue People" [5]
2011 Adam Narnst"Insult" [5]
2011 Maureen O'Shaughnessy"Rubber" [5]
2011 Joanne Riccioni"Hero" [5]
2011 Martin Slattery"Mexicans" [5]
2011 Rohan Wightman"Faggot" [5]
2011 Rohan Wightman"A Ride with Death" [5]
2012 Clair Aman*"The Day You Thought of Fortunatus" [6]
2012 Rebekah Clarkson"The Apex Club" [6]
2012 James Halford"The Counterfeit General" [6]
2012 Gillian Britton"Beautiful Girl" [6]
2012 Sophia Barnes"Brilliance" [6]
2012 Beth Yahp"Dogs in Love" [6]
2012 Jennifer Mills "The Last Anthropologist" [6]

Related Research Articles

Timothy John Winton is an Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997 he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times.

Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The companion Costa Short Story Award was established in 2012.

<i>Wet Ink</i>

Wet Ink magazine was an Australian magazine devoted to publishing new Australian writing, with an emphasis on new and emerging writers. Published quarterly, it featured fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, plus an interview with a writer and book reviews. Work published ranged from 'literary' to genre-based work. Works were complemented by photography, illustration and clever design.

Tom Flood is an Australian novelist, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician. Tom Flood was born in Sydney in New South Wales, the son of writer Dorothy Hewett and grew up in Western Australia.

Gail Jones is an Australian novelist and academic.

Tara June Winch

Tara June Winch is an Australian writer. She is the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Award for her book, The Yield.

Robert Donald Graham, better known as Bob Graham, is an Australian author and illustrator of picture books, primarily for very young children.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and Conflux Inc to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the current year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and Conflux Inc to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the current year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

Chris Womersley is an Australian author of crime fiction, short stories and poetry. He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa. He lives in Melbourne.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 November of the prior year and 31 October of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

Ann Schlee FRSL is an English novelist. She won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Vandal (1979), a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

Hannah Kent is an Australian writer and author of two novels – Burial Rites (2013) and The Good People (2016).

Souvankham Thammavongsa is a Canadian poet and short story writer. In 2019, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story, "Slingshot", which was published in Harper's Magazine, and in 2020 her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife won the Giller Prize.

<i>Burial Rites</i>

Burial Rites (2013) is a novel by Australian author Hannah Kent, based on a true story.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Middlemiss, Perry. "Wet Ink Short Story Prize". Middlemoss.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "Entry Form" (PDF). Wet Ink. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 "2010 Prize". Wet Ink. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Projects supported by the Cultural Fund". Copyright Agency Ltd. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "2011 Short Story Prize". Wet Ink. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Edmonds, Phillip. "Wet Ink Short Story Prize Issue". Wet Ink. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.