Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing
The winners of the 2024 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing have been revealed.
Writers, friends and family gathered at the Diamond Valley Library on Saturday 4 May for the announcement of the prestigious prize.
The prize is awarded every two years and builds on the Shire’s strong tradition of supporting contemporary Australian writing.
This year, we received a record-breaking 550 entries from around the country, across the various categories.
Entries covered a range of subject matter from family life, self-discovery, technology, coming of age, and social issues.
The works were judged by Eloise Grills and Eda Gunaydin for the Memoir Category, and Dan Hogan and Rijn Collins for the Short Story – Alan Marshall Short Story Award.
Congratulations to all the winners, and to everyone who participated.
Short Story Category Award Recipients
Open Section Winner (The Alan Marshall Short Story Award)
Delila Bevan Zavadsky for Metallic
Local Section Winner
Cara Spina for Our Body
Youth Section Winner
S.D Munawara for Cars Only
Mayor’s Prize Winner
Briony Kane for The Von Meck Mystery
Memoir Category Award Recipients
Open Section Winner
Viv Cutbush for To Say the Least is to Say Nothing At All
Local Section Winner
Lucinda Bain for The Butterfly Reserve
Youth Section Winner
Nadine Chantelle Salita for Triple Zero Saved Me
Highly Commended Writers
Short Story - Open Section Highly Commended
AE Macleod for Brilliant
Lauren Sanders for Minefield
Short Story - Local Highly Commended
Peta Keown for Domestication
Lisa Kate Moule for Lessons in Rebellio
Short Story - Youth Highly Commended
Marissa Wilkinson for Slow and Sweet and Sticky
Munira Tabassum Ahmed for Water Resistance
Memoir - Open Highly Commended
Ouyang Yu for Memories of a Metaphorically Displaced Person
Lily Chan for Third Culture Kids
Memoir - Local Highly Commended
Ale Prunotto for The Spaces Between
Ainsley Grace for Becoming Jezebel
Memoir - Youth Highly Commended
Marshall Juno for Resting the Soul
Jamie Hayes for transprefixacrossthrough
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing Anthology 2024(PDF, 468KB)
Nillumbik Prize Contemporary Writing Anthology 2022(PDF, 616KB)
Nillumbik Prize Contemporary Writing Anthology 2020(PDF, 1MB)
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2018
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2017
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2016