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The 9th annual Short Story Competition was sponsored by the City of Monash
Place |
Name |
Title of Story |
1 st |
Sheldon Ha |
There's something wrong with this place |
2 nd |
Kelvin Ng |
The half-eaten chocolate chip muffin |
3 rd |
Michael Serratore |
Life shattering |
Very Highly Commended |
Medha Majumdar |
Silent agony |
Very Highly Commended |
Janani Paramanantham |
A dozen red tulips |
Highly Commended |
Stanley Goh |
Righting wrongs |
Highly Commended |
Santini Subramaniam |
Naaga |
Highly Commended |
Melanie Brown |
The doves |
Commended |
Victor Yang |
Out at sea |
Commended |
Simon Ho |
Snow stranger |
CATEGORY B (15 to 17 years)
Place |
Name |
Title of Story |
1 st |
Adam de Wilde |
|
2 nd |
Darcy Brown |
A story of logic |
3 rd |
Andrea Batzakidis |
|
Very Highly Commended |
Natalie Puchalski |
The power of dreams |
Very Highly Commended |
Pallavi Prathivadi |
Brother and baby |
Highly Commended |
Brooke Melki-Wegner |
Know when to walk away |
Highly Commended |
Nicola Jing |
untitled |
Commended |
Matthew Martin |
A drunkard's bushido |
Commended |
Alexandra Pelevaniuc |
A wretched blossom |
Commended |
Clara Teo |
Ladki in the wall |
CATEGORY C (Adult)
Place |
Name |
Title of Story |
1 st |
Martin Shakespeare |
How to lose a husband in one easy lesson |
2 nd |
Shelley O'Reilly |
The Velcro heart: a brief history of Janina Day |
3 rd |
Joy Gardiner |
|
Very Highly Commended |
Brett McDonald |
Time gentlemen, please |
Very Highly Commended |
Judith Morrison |
Boutique |
Very Highly Commended |
Ruby King |
Music hath charms |
Very Highly Commended |
Lee A. Cheers |
The haze |
Very Highly Commended |
Denise McDonald |
Twenty-four hours, seven days |
Highly Commended |
Giuseppina Hopkins |
Fruits |
Highly Commended |
Gerard Bateson |
The garbage bin |
Highly Commended |
Betty Bantow |
Family comes first |
Highly Commended |
Eleni Stathatos |
Conversations with Eos |
Highly Commended |
P. H. Quah |
The quest |
Highly Commended |
Wei-Han Kuan |
Career Choices |
Highly Commended |
Kanishka Dayawansa |
Sea change |
Highly Commended |
Anne Cooke |
If only |
Commended |
John Stephen Fyfield |
Retribution |
Commended |
Carole Birss |
Sacrifices |
Commended |
Helen Patrice |
The seneschal of women |
Commended |
Craig Meldrum |
The ice palace |
Commended |
Marcia Collins |
Who will sing? |
Commended |
Beatrice Manoukian |
Magic show |
Commended |
M.J. Little |
Love story |
Commended |
Winnie McGregor |
At the window |