Stringybark Stories

28/10/2025

Oh gosh… The joy of being an editor.

21/10/2025

The Black Stump - October 2025 -

20/05/2025

The fabulous winners of the Stringybark Short Story Award 2025. Thank you Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist for your wonderful support.

20/02/2025

CLOSING SOON!

The Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025
Stringybark Stories is pleased to announce its 44th short story competition since 2010. Stringybark Publishing, and authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are proud to sponsor the Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025.
This is our flagship short story award. The theme is completely open however your short story must have a link to Australia (no matter how small and inconsequential – a Vegemite sandwich on the bench is fine with us). The story must be:
• 1500 words or fewer in length;
• have a link to Australia;
• written for an audience aged 16 and above.
We have an award pool of over $1420 in cash and books to encourage you in this endeavour, provided by our sponsors Stringybark Publishing, and Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist.
Opens: 15 Dec 2024
Closes: 11:59 pm AEST 23 February 2025
Length: ≤1500 words
Award value: Over $1420 in cash and books.
Entry fees: $15 for one story, $28 for two stories, $39 for three stories (max). Details at: https://www.stringybarkstories.net

10/02/2025

The Black Stump - February 2025 -

30/01/2025

The Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025

Stringybark Stories is pleased to announce its 44th short story competition since 2010. Stringybark Publishing, and authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are proud to sponsor the Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2025.

This is our flagship short story award. The theme is completely open however your short story must have a link to Australia (no matter how small and inconsequential – a Vegemite sandwich on the bench is fine with us). The story must be:
• 1500 words or fewer in length;
• have a link to Australia;
• written for an audience aged 16 and above.

We have an award pool of over $1420 in cash and books to encourage you in this endeavour, provided by our sponsors Stringybark Publishing, and Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist.

Opens: 15 Dec 2024
Closes: 11:59 pm AEST 23 February 2025
Length: ≤1500 words
Award value: Over $1420 in cash and books.

Entry fees: $15 for one story, $28 for two stories, $39 for three stories (max). Details at: https://www.stringybarkstories.net

If you are a prize-winner or a highly commended author in one of our competitions then we are proud to publish your work.  Whether you want to read a great story just for fun, or wish to see what kinds of stories win our competitions then take time to peruse our bookshop and buy one or two, or eve...

13/01/2025

A New Stringybark Stories Short Story Competition is open -

$900 available in cash and book prizes for the winners of the Stringybark Short Story Award 2015

17/12/2024

Busy posting…posting…posting…

This is what 107 Stringybark Anthologies look like. This is the first post out of pre-orders of "Small Things" (there will be another equally large tomorrow). Included among this lot are our terrific stocking stuffer deals (check out the website) where you can get 5 anthologies for $30 post paid in Australia.

17/12/2024

This is what 107 Stringybark Anthologies look like. This is the first post out of pre-orders of "Small Things" (there will be another equally large tomorrow). Included among this lot are our terrific stocking stuffer deals (check out the website) where you can get 5 anthologies for $30 post paid in Australia.

10/12/2024

The Black Stump - December 2024 -

03/12/2024

Here's the cover of our latest anthology, "Small Things." It contains 37 wonderful stories chosen from the Stringybark Times Past Award 2024. You can pick up a copy from our website www.stringybarkstories.net Congratulations to all the winners and highly commended authors.

02/12/2024

Congratulations to all our highly commended and prize winning authors. And kudos to everyone who entered the Stringybark Times Past Award 2024 - it is never easy to put your creative work up for judging. It was a beaut competition and we have published 37 of the highly commended and winning stories in "Little Things" available on our website.