Home Personal news I won first place… three years in a row! Yay – hat trick!

I won first place… three years in a row! Yay – hat trick!

Winner – 2012 Fellowship of Australian Writers – Manly!

Three years in a row!

Three different judges.

Three separate wins of ‘first place’.

Hat trick!

I couldn’t believe it earlier today when, at a meeting of Manly’s Fellowship of Australian Writers, acting President Beatrice Yell read out the results for their 2012 Short Story Competition and I realised I’d won, again, three years in a row!

Of course I hoped to win, but seriously… who wins three years in a row?

Squeee! Me!

My winning short story The Something Said will be read aloud (by me) at the awards ceremony on Saturday 13th October at 2pm in Warringah Mall Library. Why not come along?

Zena Shapter

Zena Shapter writes from a castle in a flying city hidden by a thundercloud, reaching across age and genre into the heart of storytelling. A multi-award-winning author of speculative and contemporary fiction, she teaches writing at festivals, libraries and schools, judges various literary awards, mentors and edits other writers, and encourages everyone to value the importance of creativity. She loves movies, frogs, chocolate, and potatoes, though not at the same time!

17 Comments:

  1. Lizabelle
    8 September 2012 at 7:27 pm

    So many congrats, Zena! A well-deserved hat trick.

  2. Jill Macgregor
    8 September 2012 at 8:17 pm

    Congratulations Zena. To win three years in a row is amazing. Well done. xx

  3. Rob Porteous
    8 September 2012 at 8:39 pm

    Amazing Zena! I wouldn’t have thought you could top winning the Oberon writer’s prize two years running … but three Manlys in a row-that does it. Congratulations!

    • Zena Shapter
      8 September 2012 at 8:46 pm

      Thanks, Rob! I’m at the bottom of my celebratory glass of verdelho and very happy 🙂

      Now to sober my mood – hubbie and I have “The Road” to watch on DVD!! We both loved the book, so we know what’s in store… Bye bye merriment!

  4. Zoya
    8 September 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Congrats, Zena. Wonderful news. You really deserve it.

  5. Sarah Bourne
    9 September 2012 at 7:13 am

    Many Congratulations! Don’t think I’ll make it to the reading, unfortunately, but have a fantastic night and I look forward to reading the story (and your others) when the collection comes out!!!

  6. Tania. F. Walsh
    11 September 2012 at 1:28 pm

    That is fantastic… huge congrats on winning. How very exciting that you won 3 years in a row:) Well done.

  7. Mary
    11 September 2012 at 3:22 pm

    Congrats! That’s awesome.

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