ABR $12,500 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Entries are currently open for the 2020 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, worth a total of AU$12,500. The Jolley Prize is open to all short story writers writing in English. We seek original short stories of between 2,000 and 5,000 words.

Prize money: $12,500

Closed: 1 May 2020, 11:59 pm

Judges: Gregory Day, Josephine Rowe and Ellen van Neerven 

First place will receive $6,000, second place will receive $4,000, and third place will receive $2,500.

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