Rabbit Hole short story contest 2022

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Rabbit Hole short story contest 2022

31 December 2021

Rabbit Hole, a digital library of short stories is hosting another short story contest for writers in the new year. Recent additions meanwhile to their repository include Shouting and Weeping Creatures, by California based American sci-fi and horror writer Anna Ziegelhof, a story told from the point of view of a planet not unlike Earth.

This rabbit hole leads to a library of short stories

13 September 2021

Rabbit Hole, who are compiling a library of short stories, popped up on my Instagram feed the other day. Cool idea, especially when it’s difficult to access public libraries and bookshops in some places at the moment. If you’re a writer, you’re welcome to submit some work.

Common People, by Tony Birch

13 September 2021

Common People (published by University of Queensland Press, July 2017), is a collection of short stories by award winning Australian author Tony Birch. Other of his works, including Blood was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2012, while The White Girl, was named winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing.

Through this collection of short stories, Birch casts a light on facets of day to day life most of us don’t see, or prefer to ignore. Birch’s characters are mainly Indigenous Australians who may find themselves on society’s fringes because of health, race, unemployment, or addition issues. But their lot is not hopeless, as they strive to persevere and overcome.