Queensland Literary Awards, Barry’s collection shortlisted

~ Margaret McCaffrey

We at Elwood Writers are excited to announce that Broken Rules and Other Stories by Barry Lee Thompson has been shortlisted for the 2021 University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award. To see the shortlisted authors and judges comments, click here.

Barry has been a founding member of Elwood Writers since 2007. He is the recipient of prizes, awards and fellowships for his writing, which has been published in Australia and around the world. Broken Rules and Other Stories (Transit Lounge) has been enthusiastically reviewed since its release in September 2020. Remember that year?

Now, on the book’s first birthday, we are invited to join State Library of Queensland on 9 September for the online announcement of the winner. For a ticket please click here.

We wish you all the best, Barry.

Published by Margaret McCaffrey

Margaret is a Melbourne-based writer currently working on a memoir about the relationship she had with her father who was a veteran of World War II and prisoner of war in Germany. Excerpts from her manuscript can be found in American Writers Review, Jewels of San Fedele and Clairitage Press. Margaret received a scholarship to the Norman Mailer Writers Colony to develop her memoir. Following that, she received her MA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University, USA. She writes non-fiction, memoir and the occasional fiction.

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