October 1
Congratulations to the following writers whose stories will be published in the 2025 Stories of Life anthology:
Adah Christabel, Blowing my mind
Anusha Atukorala, Blowing Balloons may be Hazardous to your Health
Barbara McKay, Rodrigo
Brock Meier, Love that Will Not Die
Caitlin Pywell, Even Here
Carolyn Tonkin, Chosen
Chris Lee, Steering True and Mother Duck
Diana Davison, Happy Caterpillar Smiles
Elizabeth D Guntrip, Saying Goodbye to Faith
E Taylor, Babies are Still Dangerous
Hazel Barker, God's Light in the Darkness
Jeanette Woods, Veronica
Jenny Woolsey, Turning Ten
Jo Wanmer, Wheels of Change and A House for Fay
Julia Archer, The Kindness of Strangers
June Hopkins, A Whisper Away and My Quandong Birthday
Karen Curran, Seeing the Sparkle through Tears
Karen Roper, Another Ordinary Day
Kezia Pettitt, Fragile
Kylie Gardiner, Out of the Shadows
Lesley Beth Manuel, One Hundred NOT Ninety-Nine
Lexia G Mackin, An Ordinary Faith
Liisa Grace, My Little Ray of Sunshine
Lynda Worrell, To the End of their Days
Natalie Ingram, Birthday Cake Faith
Phil Bell, Crying Help
Raewyn Elsegood, Nan, What Took You So Long?
R J Rodda, But that's a cult and Cursed by her Mother
Clara Johnson, Our Numbers
Rory O'Donnell, A Ghost of an Idea and The Graces of Dawn
Roslyn Bradshaw, Redhead and Is it Safe?
Sandy S Lish, A Journey Through the Shadows
Simone Field, The Lion
Tamara Harpford, When Despair for the World Grows in Me
Vera Hardiman, Dizzy Spell
Yen Daly, A Lost Child, before being Found
The 2025 Stories of Life anthology will be launched on Thursday evening, 27 November 2025, at Tabor College, Adelaide at 6pm for a 6:30pm start. At the launch, prize winners in the Open and Short category will be announced, and the event will be live-streamed on Facebook.
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