2026 Booranga Writing Awards
From more than 300 submissions to
fourW thirty-five by more than 100 writers from all around Australia and
overseas, we are delighted to announce the shortlists for the three $500 Booranga
prizes:
Poetry
'Clairvoyant' by Craig Billingham
'Red Brick Reflections' by L H Blackwell
'And other beginnings' by Lachlan Brown
'Similitude' by Kai Jensen
'The brother of head is heart' by Damen O'Brien
'Taworri Easters' by Sara Pronger
'Summer' by Mark Roberts
Prose
'Look' by Marwa Hijazi
'The Weight of Time' by Christine Johnston
'Annabel is Writing' by Lorraine Manton
'An Empty Vessel' by Kate Maxwell
'The Successful Candidate' by Bronwyn Rodden
'Winter Break' by Leila Riley Wright
Local Writing
‘Difficult’ by Maryanne Khan
‘Taworri Easters’ by Sara Pronger
‘We never owned a car’ by Sandra Robins
‘Nostalgia for Birdsong’ by Peita Vincent
Details of the launch(es) of fourW thirty-five will be announced soon.
David Gilbey
President, Booranga Writers’ Centre
Editor - fourW thirty-five
Booranga Writers’ Centre acknowledges the Wiradjuri people as the traditional custodians of the land in which we live and work and write, and pays respects to Elders past, present and future.
