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The Look That Said It All

The Look That Said It All

Published: 11-12-2024

Pages: 182

Rating: 4.8

Language: eng

eBook status: Ignored   AudioBook status: Ignored

ISBN: 9781923105393

Publisher: Hawkeye Books

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A collection of the longlisted entries from this year's short story competition, based on the theme 'The Look That Said It All'.

2024 Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Competition Longlist, in no particular order:
Stubborn Me by Steve Castley

The Fading of Dove by Sara Jiang

Take a Boat, Hug an Oar by Hayden Perno

A Different Breed by Suzi Mezei

Saints by Jay McKenzie

Bottlebrush by Jane Cornes

Fractured by Coby Sullivan

And Then the Birds Fell by Shannen Murphy

Good Girl by Nicky Peelgrane

Bin Night by Jeremy Picknell

How Do I Love Thee? by Pete Armstrong

Ciao by Rachel Flynn

Turnaround Spot by Selena Jane

The Eye of the Beholders by Dot Stute

Desire Isn’t Enough by Alison L. Robson

A Bad Case of Euphoria by Connery Brown

Damned by Jan Mosler

Missing by Lyndal Weightman

Travelling with Rosie by Kellie M. Cox

Renovation by Christine Johnson

None So Blind by Pauline Cleary

The Waiting Room by Rebecca Douglas

The Kookaburra Cafe by Virginia Suckling

C Minus by Ned Stephenson

Shit and Misbehaviour by Lesley Boland

A Fisherman’s Retrospective by Lesley Day

Cheap Thrill by Ross van Brink

The Teacher’s Report Card by Greg Bourke

Black Box by Michaela Dawn

Meet Me at the Waterhole by E. C. Stevenson

In Breaking News by Suzi Mezei

The Shoplifter by Rebecca George

Impolite by B. L. Manley

The Phone by Sandra Thom-Jones

Unspoken Reunion by Elaine Chennatt

Blind Valentine by Brooke Crawford

Virtus Romanorum by Ned Stephenson

The Golden Trophies by Melanie Wild

Bracelets and Boxes and Goodbye by Alison McCaffrey

The Fifth Friend by Chyna Whittaker-Goodwin







Longlist, in no particular order:

Stubborn Me by Steve Castley

The Fading of Dove by Sara Jiang

Take a Boat, Hug an Oar by Hayden Perno

A Different Breed by Suzi Mezei

Saints by Jay McKenzie

Bottlebrush by Jane Cornes

Fractured by Coby Sullivan

And Then the Birds Fell by Shannen Murphy

Good Girl by Nicky Peelgrane

Bin Night by Jeremy Picknell

How Do I Love Thee? by Pete Armstrong

Ciao by Rachel Flynn

Turnaround Spot by Selena Jane

The Eye of the Beholders by Dot Stute

Desire Isn’t Enough by Alison L. Robson

A Bad Case of Euphoria by Connery Brown

Damned by Jan Mosler

Missing by Lyndal Weightman

Travelling with Rosie by Kellie M. Cox

Renovation by Christine Johnson

None So Blind by Pauline Cleary

The Waiting Room by Rebecca Douglas

The Kookaburra Cafe by Virginia Suckling

C Minus by Ned Stephenson

Shit and Misbehaviour by Lesley Boland

A Fisherman’s Retrospective by Lesley Day

Cheap Thrill by Ross van Brink

The Teacher’s Report Card by Greg Bourke

Black Box by Michaela Dawn

Meet Me at the Waterhole by E. C. Stevenson

In Breaking News by Suzi Mezei

The Shoplifter by Rebecca George

Impolite by B. L. Manley

The Phone by Sandra Thom-Jones

Unspoken Reunion by Elaine Chennatt

Blind Valentine by Brooke Crawford

Virtus Romanorum by Ned Stephenson

The Golden Trophies by Melanie Wild

Bracelets and Boxes and Goodbye by Alison McCaffrey

The Fifth Friend by Chyna Whittaker-Goodwin