AAALS Creative Writing Prize winners announced

Congratulations to the winners and short-listed authors of our second annual AAALS Creative Writing Prize. The winners were awarded US$500 cash prizes and publication in Antipodes. The judges were truly impressed with the wide range of entries and are excited for 2023!

Winner of the 2022 AAALS Fiction and Nonfiction Prize: “Siren” by Catherine Padmore

Short List Finalists for the 2022 AAALS Fiction and Nonfiction Prize: “Flight” by Shady E. Cosgrove “Beyond the Marram Grass” by Georgia Rose Phillips

Thanks so much to our incredible judges (and talented writers in their own right!), Emily Bitto and Jason Porter.

Winner of the 2022 AAALS Poetry Prize: “Cemetery Carnival” by Susanne Kennedy

Short List Finalists for the 2022 AAALS Poetry Prize: “Night Stitches” by Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon “Boundary Rider” by William Fox “Precision” by Robyn L. Rowland

Thanks so much to our amazing judges (and talented poets in their own right!), Ann-Marie Blanchard, Dennis Haskell, and Nathanael O'Reilly.