Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing
Nillumbik has a strong history in literary arts that is supported today through the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing.
Information on the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2026 will be published soon.
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing 2024 award recipients
The winners of the 2024 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing were revealed on 4 May 2024.
Short Story Category
Open Section Winner (The Alan Marshall Short Story Award)
Delila Bevan Zavadsky for Metallic
Local Section Winner
Cara Spina for Our Body
Youth Section Winner
S.D Munawara for Cars Only
Mayor’s Prize Winner
Briony Kane for The Von Meck Mystery
Memoir Category
Open Section Winner
Viv Cutbush for To Say the Least is to Say Nothing At All
Local Section Winner
Lucinda Bain for The Butterfly Reserve
Youth Section Winner
Nadine Chantelle Salita for Triple Zero Saved Me
Highly Commended Writers
Short Story - Open Section Highly Commended
AE Macleod for Brilliant
Lauren Sanders for Minefield
Short Story - Local Highly Commended
Peta Keown for Domestication
Lisa Kate Moule for Lessons in Rebellio
Short Story - Youth Highly Commended
Marissa Wilkinson for Slow and Sweet and Sticky
Munira Tabassum Ahmed for Water Resistance
Memoir - Open Highly Commended
Ouyang Yu for Memories of a Metaphorically Displaced Person
Lily Chan for Third Culture Kids
Memoir - Local Highly Commended
Ale Prunotto for The Spaces Between
Ainsley Grace for Becoming Jezebel
Memoir - Youth Highly Commended
Marshall Juno for Resting the Soul
Jamie Hayes for transprefixacrossthrough
Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing Anthology 2024(PDF, 468KB)
Nillumbik Prize Contemporary Writing Anthology 2022(PDF, 616KB)
Nillumbik Prize Contemporary Writing Anthology 2020(PDF, 1MB)
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2018
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2017
Literary Nillumbik Anthology of Writing 2016