Published 20 February 201727 February 2017 · Prizes / Announcement Results of the 2016 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Editorial team Overland and judges Stephanie Bishop, Aviva Tuffield and Tony Wheeler are pleased to announce the winning entries in this year’s Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, which awards a first place of $4000 and two runner-up prizes of $500. Congratulations to Katy Warner, who placed first with ‘The Trip’. Two runner-up prizes have been awarded to John Scholz for ‘East, West Tiger’ and to David Cohen for ‘Lament of a Bus Stop outside the Benrath Senior Centre’. The winning story will be published in Overland’s first 2017 edition (available mid-March), with the two runners-up published as part of the edition online. First place: ‘The Trip’ A girl is taken on an unexpected journey by the mother she barely knows. Katy Warner is a Melbourne-based writer of plays and stories. A graduate of the VCA, her plays have been presented across Australia and as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2016, she won the Rachel Furnai Prize for Fiction. Her short stories have been shortlisted for awards including the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Prize and the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Prize. Her debut novel will be published by Black Inc in 2018. Runner-up: ‘East West Tiger’ A story of family, being valued, and a boy’s link to a new world. John Scholz is a writer and teacher from South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula. His writing has been published in Australia and internationally. He has had success in many writing competitions including winning the SA Writers’ Festival Short Story Award twice, and the EJ Brady Award. Runner-up: ‘Lament of a Bus Stop outside the Benrath Senior Centre’ A travel story in which no-one goes anywhere, this piece was inspired by the fake bus stops for Alzheimer’s patients at German nursing homes. David Cohen is a Brisbane-based writer whose short fiction has appeared in The Big Issue, Meanjin, Seizure, Tracks and elsewhere. He is the author of two novels: Fear of Tennis (Black Pepper, 2007) and Disappearing off the Face of the Earth, which will be published by Transit Lounge in May 2017. Image: ‘Jellyfish’ by Flickred The Neilma Sidney Prize is supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation Editorial team More by Editorial team › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 18 October 202418 October 2024 · Prizes Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 shortlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia. First prize includes $5000, an optional writing residency at Trinity College, and publication of the successful piece in […] 16 February 202419 February 2024 · Announcement Statement of the Board of Overland Literary Journal Editorial team We, the Board of Overland literary journal, make the following statement in support of Editors-in-chief Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk and the entire Overland staff. We are a diverse Board made up of writers, unionists, lawyers, academics, activists, and arts industry workers. Our Board includes First Nations peoples as well as members of Australia’s Jewish community.
