CONGRATULATIONS! To Shauna O'Meara who did indeed win a second placing in the Writers of the Future contest with the story that was shortlisted last month. Yay, Shauna! To Jo Clay (writing as J.T. Clay) whose debut novel, A Single Girl's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, has been published by [...]
Conflux will be holding an information session about the Conflux Writers Day (to be held in April 2014 in conjunction with the Aurealis Awards) in The Snug at King O'Malley's pub in Canberra City at 7:30pm on Thursday 29 August. The session is particularly for those who might be interested [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, whose novella "Sky", having cleaned up all the available Australian national awards, has gone on to win the international Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella! To Simon Petrie, whose novella "Flight 404" won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best Novella/Novelette! The cover illustration, by original [...]
Welcome! To new CSFG members Helen Stubbs, Patty Jansen and Zena Shapter. Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, after her swag of Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards, who completed the trifecta for "Sky" with a win at the Aurealis Awards for Best Horror Short Story. To Simon Dewar, whose first pro sale, [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren for winning... well, pretty much everything on offer: Through Splintered Walls won the Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards for Best Collection and "Sky" won the Ditmar for Best Novella and Australian Shadow for Best Long Fiction. To Nicole Murphy for launching her In Fabula-divino anthology at Conflux 9 [...]
Kaaron has won Australian Shadows Awards for her collection Through Splintered Walls (Best Collection) and her novella "Sky" (Best Long Fiction). Go Kaaron!
Congratulations! To Kaaron, who was nominated for Ditmar Awards in the Best Novelette or Novella and Best Collected Work categories for her story "Sky" and her collection Through Splintered Walls. "Sky" and Through Splintered Walls were also nominated for Australian Shadows Awards in the Long Fiction and Collection categories, and Kaaron's stories "Creek", [...]
Nominations are open until 20 March for the 2013 Ditmar Awards. The awards rules and nomination forms are available on the Conflux 9 website. A number of CSFG members have works eligible in various categories. (Links from story titles are to stories available to read free online; links from book or magazine titles or [...]
Gillian's novel Ms Cellophane is now available from Momentum Books as an e-book for Kindle, iPad/Pod/Phone and whatever other curious and unusual device you might have. Buy your copy here for AUD $4.99. "Elizabeth Smith, recently made redundant, thinks that her life is deadly dull. She feels like cellophane – like people look [...]
Alan Baxter is on the Ditmar Ballot for Best New Talent. Kaaron Warren's novel Mistification is on the Ditmar Ballot for Best Novel and her short story "All You Can Do Is Breathe" is on the ballot for Best Short Story. Nicole Murphy has launched the first issue of her [...]