One of my short stories wins first prize!

I’ve talked about how hard it is as a writer to constantly submit work and then wait for what seems like months to hear about any results.

Finally, the waiting - and all the hard work - has paid off. A story I entered in a national competition has won first prize!

When I got the letter yesterday, I was bouncing off the walls. I really couldn’t believe it. This was an adult short story, so it wasn’t my forte, and I’d really sweated on it to make it different and engrossing. The theme was disability. Initially, I thought I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything, which seemed sort of strange, but that’s just how it felt. What I was struggling with was finding an idea that was not new, but thought provoking. And I wanted to draw it from a different angle.

I’m going to put it on my site, so bear with me while I master the technical side. It’s called ‘Sophie’s Rose’. It was the winning story in the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Award, in the Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award. I’ll put a link to it in the next blog post.

Oh, and there’s an awards ceremony for all the winners in this huge competition in Melbourne at the end of March, and I’m seriously considering going. Why not? Time to celebrate some success! 

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