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Published on 27 August 2025
Congratulations to the writers who made the shortlist for the 2025 Monash WordFest Short Story Competition! The shortlisted stories are currently with our guest judge who will decide who the winners are. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony (invitation only).
Thank you to all the writers who entered a short story into the competition. Unfortunately, if your name is not listed, you have not been short listed this year.
The short listed stories will be published along with the names of the winners on Friday 3 October, 10am.
Dulara Jayasekara
Vysnavi Sivasuthan
Vivian Su
Joshua Wong
Ker She Poon
Arnold Mariathas
Katelyn Tjan
Wan Quin
Prathamesh Kalani
Moukthika Balaganesh
Anuram Kathirgamarajah
Lakshita Korimilli
Amber Mestdagh
Shreya Kalani
Zi Xuan Ren
Lynn Hyun
Demi Vlahos
Giorgia Minutolo
Emily Zhang
Edita Mujkic
Kym Boekel
John Holding
Tiffany Kim
Andrew Drummond
Lenette Griffin
Linda Nebesky
Jennifer Sargent
Sarah Wilson
Elena Disilvestro