tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34680015159264339172024-03-05T17:43:31.893+10:00Stories of the Australian RepublicFourth National Republican Short Story CompetitionGlenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-23048124906568963232014-11-06T22:32:00.001+10:002014-11-09T22:06:46.886+10:00Speculating on the Australian Republic ebook - now available<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><em>Speculating on the Australian Republic: five award-winning short stories </em></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">ebook is now available for purchase for $3.99 from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O170H1U" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6861f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Amazon Kindle</span></a>, <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/482422" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6861f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Smashwords</span></a>, <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/speculating-on-the-australian-republic-five-award-winning-short-stories" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6861f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kobo</span></a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/speculating-on-australian/id927089035?mt=11" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f6861f; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">iBooks</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">These five award-winning short stories show it is through speculative fiction that change can begin to how we see ourselves as a nation - now and into the future. So, let’s speculate about us, our country – and the future we will share, together.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Daniel and young Jim tossed the coin. It landed President side up. "I get to collect the eggs," yelled Daniel. "You have to wash their water dish out Jim. Back soon Gran!" I watched out the window. The boys, my youngest grandsons, ran, jostled and pushed each other most of the way to the chook yard. The original vegetable garden to the left of the yard was flourishing. Broad beans were flowering, the coriander was spurting new growth and the parsley had taken on a life of its own.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">As the air gets warmer and the ice melts we should be facing the end of the world but instead we find our days occupied with another kind of ending. What the two endings have in common is the Prime Minister's lifelong refusal to give credence to either of them until, suddenly, now. I know everything seems strange these days. Nothing is turning out as we would have expected. But what seems strangest of all is that it is the old man's capitulation to the inevitability of what's happening that has been the catalyst for things turning out as they have</span></i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">In Australia’s history republicanism has always been more than an argument for breaking our constitutional ties with the British Crown; it’s also been about how we can create an improved system of democracy that better reflects our values as a free, fair and multicultural nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Our opponents think we have reached the pinnacle of achievement and no good can come from a move to the republic. They fear change and prefer the past to the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Through the National Republican Short Story Competition we have encouraged imaginative thinking of the sort we need also to apply to our institutions generally. How could they be better? How can we translate aspirations into goals? How can we achieve those goals?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Professor Geoff Gallop AC.</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br /><em>Chair, Australian Republican Movement<o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-37878233323098545322014-01-26T07:54:00.001+10:002014-02-03T10:55:47.974+10:00Speculating on Australia's republican futuresThe <b>National Republican Short Story Competition </b>ran from 2009 - 2013. The Australian Republican Movement is considering publishing an anthology of the winning entries and other republican speculative fiction short stories. Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-86848123889688911002013-01-26T14:42:00.002+10:002013-01-27T12:43:01.546+10:00Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition Winners Announced – 26 January 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jennifer
Morris </span></b>has been awarded ‘First Prize’ in the Fourth National
Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Harvest’</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">with its excellent evocation of the country town atmosphere as well as descriptions of the vegetable garden and its connections with a sense of home</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">After an initial career in nursing, Jennifer completed a University
degree in Social Sciences, at the same time juggling work and raising children.
Her daughters now have families of their own. In the last twelve months she has
made time to pursue a long held passion for writing. This is the second
short story competition she has entered. Jennifer and her husband have spent
most of their married life in country Victoria and have great empathy and hopes
for rural Australia.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />
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Knight</span></b> has been awarded ‘Second Prize’ in the Fourth National
Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the Ice Melts’</span></i>, which connects the climate change controversy with dilemmas in the republican debate and discussions of euthanasia. The writing in '<i>When the Ice Melts</i>' is accomplished with a quietly satirical edge. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">A prize-winning playwright and actor, Ingle is currently writing a
play for Black Swan State Theatre Company about the political origins of the Gallipoli
campaign. In 2012 he was the winner of the Richard Burton Playwriting Award. He
has a PhD from Murdoch University and lives in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. ‘<i>When
the Ice Melts</i>’ is his first work of prose fiction.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Terry Byrnes</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> has been awarded ‘Third Prize’ in the
Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once’</span></i>.
The narrative in 'Once' is daring with its satirical contemporary take on Waltzing Matilda which in the end creates a kind of unfinished echo that is quite dramatic. Terry is an Honours graduate in Social Science from Macquarie University. He
began writing in earnest while he was there. On being informed of the award
Terry said “playing a small part in the inevitable march towards republicanism
gives me a sense of great pride”. Terry works in the Aboriginal justice
industry and is an unfailing republican.</span></div>
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Story Competition</span></b> has continued to foster the emerging
Australian republican fiction genre. Before every great invention and before
every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all
trapped in the past. The short stories ‘The Harvest<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span></i>, ‘<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the Ice
Melts’</span></i>, and ‘<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once</span></i>’ are exercises in imagination and help to lead
the way into possible republican futures.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Australian Republican Movement
congratulates the winners of this year’s competition and extends its thanks to
all entrants. The National Republican Short Story Competition will be run again
in 2013.<br />
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For more information contact: Dr Glenn Davies, National Republican Fiction
Convener, Australian Republican Movement, PO Box 87, Geebung, QLD, 4034 E: <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com.au/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com.au</a>
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Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-34735208619640515682012-11-07T21:54:00.003+10:002012-11-07T21:55:19.715+10:00Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition<i><span style="font-style: normal;">The </span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition </i>closed on 6 November 2012 and the winners will be announced on 26 January 2013.</span></i>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-49098131422655168802012-07-07T21:35:00.005+10:002012-11-07T21:57:32.137+10:00Republican challenge to Australian writers<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Entry to the <b><i>Fourth National Republican ShortStory Competition</i></b> is now open. The theme for the <b><i>Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition</i></b> is 'defining Australian identity ina future Australian republic'. Short stories will use the theme to speculate on Australian republican futures.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">First Prize: $500<br />Second Prize: $60</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Third Prize: $40</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Length: 2000 to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">4000 words<br />Entry is open to all Australian residents</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />The <b><i>Fourth National Republican Short Story Competition</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> challenges Australia’s fiction writers to speculate on the possible futures of </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">the Australian republic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br /><i>Speculative fiction writers deal with possibilit</i></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><i>ies.<br />They speculate.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><i>They make the future seem real.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><br />However, we can’t achiev</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-u7wnsm8wVkO9gxSc46y8tHlAnDgspVSzjGzco5ZzkNgD_S33lCNBIL-sRer97zAiMR5VFbI_W2pMMoGjxxTAafRC2S5AF_MFzWS28qNkUIfClT4q0sYHTVG0iM40T-t1RniGxPqr2Zu/s1600/arm+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-u7wnsm8wVkO9gxSc46y8tHlAnDgspVSzjGzco5ZzkNgD_S33lCNBIL-sRer97zAiMR5VFbI_W2pMMoGjxxTAafRC2S5AF_MFzWS28qNkUIfClT4q0sYHTVG0iM40T-t1RniGxPqr2Zu/s200/arm+logo.png" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">e anything unless we imagine it first. Before every great invention and before every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all trapped in the past.<br /><br />It seems strange there is no tradition of republican speculative fiction in Australia. In colonial times there were republican poets such as Charles Harpurwriting in the 1840s and 1850s, and republican writers such as John Dunmore Lang and Daniel Deniehy in the 1850s and William Lane, Henry Lawson and John Norton in the 1880s and 1890s. But where have been the republican stories forthe past century? There have certainly been many republican writers during this time but very few examples where republican settings or arguments have been explored in Australian fiction. Republican arguments and explorations of the past and imaginations of the future have almost always been written within the framework of constitutional debates.<br /><br />Where do the people of Australia fit into this? Where are their myths and stories to tell and retell and remember about Australia’s emerging republican identity?<br /><br />So, the Australian Republican Movement would like to point the way forward through Australian stories with a republican backdrop. They don’t have to be political thrillers or constitutional whodunits as long as they are an exploration of our future, our republican future.<br /><br />To read more about the Australia’s emerging republican speculative fiction genre go to <a href="http://www.independentaustralia.net/2010/republic/speculating-on-a-republic"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.independentaustralia.net/2010/republic/speculating-on-a-republic</span></a><br /><br /><b>Previous National Republican Short Story winners are</b>:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><a href="http://www.qhta.com.au/rook_feast_by_kel_robertson.pdf">2009 First Prize
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1.
Entry is open to all Australian residents. Entry forms can be downloaded from <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<br />
2. The purpose of the short story competition is to promote non-constitutional
change towards an Australian republic and to remind Australians what they still
do not have.<br />
<br />
3. The theme for the speculative fiction competition is 'defining Australian
identity in an Australian republic'. Short stories will be required to use this
theme to portray an Australian republican future.<br />
<br />
4. First prize is $500. Second Prize is $60. Third Prize is $40. The winning
short stories are eligible for publication in <i>Republican Roundup</i> and on
the ARM website. Copyright of each short story will remain with the author.<br />
<br />
5. Entry fee is $11.99 (incl GST). Each additional submission fee is $6.11
(incl GST) Entry fees are to be paid by money order or cheque to Australian
Republican Movement. Please do not send cash.<br />
<br />
6. Entries must be unpublished and not have won any other awards. Each
manuscript entered must meet all of the following requirements:<br />
* Length -- 2000 to 4000 words<br />
* Typed -- double spaced on one side of the paper<br />
* Title Page -- must include your name, address, phone number, story title,
length, and email<br />
* Do not submit originals. Manuscripts will not be returned.<br />
* While appropriate colourful language might be accepted (within moderation),
entries must not contain extreme foul language, racial or sexually explicit
content that would render the entry unsuitable for publication.<br />
* Electronic copies will be accepted at <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a>
<br />
* Deadline -- postmarked on or before 6 November 2012 (Advice: enter early --
avoid deadline crush)<br />
<br />
7. The competition will be judged by Tom Keneally, Professor Brian Matthew,
Professor John Warhurst, and Dr Glenn Davies. The judging committee will select
the best short stories from the qualified entries and determine the winners.
The judges reserve the right not to award prizes if in their judgement there
are no short stories entered of sufficient standard. The decision of the
judging committee is final.<br />
<br />
8. The prize money will be awarded by Australian Republican Movement in
accordance with the decision of the judging committee. The winning entries will
be publicised on 26 January 2013. Each contestant after 26 January 2013 will
receive the following information: Name of the competition winner / Name and
background of the judges / The 2012 competition statistics<br />
<br />
9. Mail signed official entry form and your manuscript (s) on or before 6
November 2012 to: Australian Republican Movement (Qld), PO Box 87, Geebung Q
4034<br />
<br />
10. If you have any questions, please feel free to email <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or post a
blog query at <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a><br />
<br />
<b>Best of luck!</b></span></div>
</div>
Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-1306646613990168532012-07-07T20:42:00.003+10:002012-10-21T17:22:59.412+10:002012 Entry Form<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The Australian Republican Movement
invites submissions of original short stories to be considered for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Fourth National Republican Short Story
Competition</i></b>.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">How
to enter</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Simply fill in the entry form below and
send together with a cheque for $11.99 and your republican speculative fiction
short story to:</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Australian
Republican Movement</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">PO
Box 87</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Geebung
QLD 4034</span></b></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Entries must be the original work of the
entrant and must not have won another competition.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">First
prize is $500</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Second
prize is $60</span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Third
Prize is $40</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Click <a href="http://www.qhta.com.au/2012_national_republican_short_story_competition_entry_form.pdf">herefor the 2012 National Republican Short Story entry form</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Entries will be accepted until close of
business on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6 November 2012</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Further information contact <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or go to <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-5430234274887966822012-01-26T19:08:00.012+10:002012-01-29T08:57:31.391+10:00Third National Republican Short Story Competition Winners Announced – 26 January 2012In 2011 Australia’s speculative fiction writers were challenged to speculate on the possible futures of the Australian republic using the theme ‘Citizen or Subject’. The 2011 Judging Panel comprised Tom Keneally, Professor John Warhurst and Professor George Williams.<br /><br /><strong>Valda Marshall</strong> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7vaS5o1y5Mz_VVFwssBjNMvMfU_qsWK0GTStPInj1TD-s50RGfXEXH4YS0Opc1IoLcww6wcbI4G8UfPtTqbMan0DSBYO4_D8l21IpoalFF6y6u69a1TGYIUoqke38RuQtBgcn1USTs3k/s1600/Valda+Marshall+image.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701866504477111874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7vaS5o1y5Mz_VVFwssBjNMvMfU_qsWK0GTStPInj1TD-s50RGfXEXH4YS0Opc1IoLcww6wcbI4G8UfPtTqbMan0DSBYO4_D8l21IpoalFF6y6u69a1TGYIUoqke38RuQtBgcn1USTs3k/s200/Valda+Marshall+image.jpg" /></a>has been awarded ‘First Prize’ in the Third National Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<em>A Child of the Holocaust</em>’. She is a former journalist and TV writer who has worked in Sydney, Toronto (Canada) and New York. Her television writing credits include <em>Neighbours</em>, and <em>Sons and Daughters</em>. While working with <em>Neighbours</em>, Valda co-authored two books based on the Ramsay Street families: <em>The Ramsays: A Family Divided</em> and <em>The Robinsons: A Family in Crisis</em>. She has been a staunch republican since the 1950s. “I am an absolutely passionate republican,” she said. “At the movies in the 50s, when they played God Save the Queen before a screening, even then I thought, why are we doing this? Why do we have a head of state on the other side of the world?” Her 2010 novel <em>The First President is </em>a story of love and politics in which Australia becomes a republic in 2016. Valda was born in Adelaide and now lives in Sydney.<br /><br /><strong>Richard Johnson</strong> has been awarded ‘Second Prize’ in the Third National Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<em>The King and Mister Crow’</em>. He is an ex-Pommie who migrated from the UK in 2001. He works as a structural engineer and has been privileged to work on several iconic building such as Flinders Street Station and the renovation of the GPO. He had had a couple of prior publishing credits, most notable of which is the Gold Award at the Writers of the Future Competition in Hollywood last year, the world’s longest-running and most prestigious competition for amateur writers of science fiction. Richard lives in Melbourne with his wife and four year old son.<br /><br /><strong>Harold Mally</strong> has been awarded ‘Third Prize’ in the Third National Republican Short Story Competition for ‘<em>Royalty Reality’</em>. He lives in Sydney and writes short fiction. A number of his stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies such as <em>Blue Crow</em>, <em>Eclecticism</em>, <em>Page Seventeen</em>, S<em>cribe</em>, <em>Narrator</em>, <em>Splatter</em>, <em>21D</em>, <em>[untitled]</em>, <em>The Bridge</em> and <em>The Lightship Anthology</em>. A few have won awards. Many have done nothing at all.<br /><br />The <strong>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</strong> has continued to foster the emerging Australian republican fiction genre. Before every great invention and before every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all trapped in the past. The short stories ‘<em>A Child of the Holocaust’</em>, ‘<em>The King and Mister Crow’</em>, and ‘<em>Royalty Reality</em>’ are exercises in imagination and help to lead the way into possible republican futures.<br />The Australian Republican Movement congratulates the winners of this year’s competition and extends its thanks to all entrants. The National Republican Short Story Competition will be run again in 2012.<br /><br />The winning short stories entries were published on the <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/">Australian Republican Movement </a>website on 26 January 2012.<br /><br />For more information contact: Dr Glenn Davies, National Republican Fiction Convener, Australian Republican Movement, PO Box 87, Geebung, QLD, 4034 E: <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-84674018657110312422011-11-06T09:32:00.004+10:002012-01-26T19:27:01.211+10:00Be a Citizen. Not a Subject'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxR5caXlambyFPiPLqUx4OR8mlPsXbtQTIPSZPbsSApYT8tM_hlCDI9d-lRlM6cFf2U3WQnfHS6mfNo4rcVdx7OMJTZkh0ezGBW-EDIlr4nNjJnY9t05rxx-xKKRBtTDV0SPHGFvTqUsed/s1600/be+a+citizen%252C+not+a+subject.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693015120473548242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxR5caXlambyFPiPLqUx4OR8mlPsXbtQTIPSZPbsSApYT8tM_hlCDI9d-lRlM6cFf2U3WQnfHS6mfNo4rcVdx7OMJTZkh0ezGBW-EDIlr4nNjJnY9t05rxx-xKKRBtTDV0SPHGFvTqUsed/s200/be+a+citizen%252C+not+a+subject.jpg" /></a> <em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">The </span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">Third National Republican Short Story Competition</span></em></a></span></i><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> closed today and the winners will be announced on 26 January 2012. The theme this year was ‘Citizen or Subject’. </span></em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The difference between <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">citizen</span></em> and <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">subject</span></em> has often been glibly said to be that a citizen has rights whereas a subject has privileges. A <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">subject</span></em> owes their allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by that sovereign’s laws whereas a <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">citizen</span></em> owes allegiance to the community and is entitled to enjoy all its civil rights and protections. The difference between <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">citizen</span></em> and <em><span style="font-family:Verdana;">subject </span></em>lies in where an individual places their allegiance: subjects (to a sovereign) and citizens (to a state; to a republic).</span><br /><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">Until 1 January 1949, when the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">British Nationality Act 1948</i> came into force, at common law, to be a British subject, one simply had to be born in any territory under the sovereignty of the British Crown</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. From 1949 onwards </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">every person who was a British subject by virtue of a connection with the United Kingdom or one of her Crown colonies became a British citizen. However citizens of other Commonwealth countries retained the status of British subject and were known by the term Commonwealth citizen</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span lang="EN">From 1949 to 1982, a person born in England would have been a British subject and a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, while someone born in Australia, would have been a British subject and a citizen of Australia. </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">During this time Australian passports had on the front ‘BRITISH SUBJECT Australian Citizen’.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN"> </span><br /><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN">The status of British subject was retained in Australian law until Part II of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948</i> was removed by the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Australian Citizenship Amendment Act 1984</i> which came into force on 1 May 1987. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Australia</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> severed its final legal ties to Britain by enacting the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Australia</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Acts of 1986</i>. However it must be said we have yet to sever our final symbolic ties to Britain as represented by our head of state being the British monarch. In 1999 the High Court found British citizens to be ineligible to stand for election to our Federal Parliament because they owe allegiance to a ‘foreign power’.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Most Australians like a bit of humour and larrikinism in their politics. ‘Be a Citizen. Not a Subject’. Thankfully we can finally do this in law. As Australians our allegiance is to us, the people of Australia.</span>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-57639044679469139792011-07-01T09:50:00.011+10:002011-07-03T20:50:19.793+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzG1LQxzq0_ZSckhr7RbimSEneIaI-m7ZxrPyMh3SOyUPitiHovgPX1NtkT28jM-M3RC6NQnWPZzD5VuGg0fxWOkRcq2px7rFIn51HNrpTDyFT1F6Q-baMyNXkwoTjDWsr1p_meRPzRkLV/s1600/arm+logo.png"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; float: left; height: 63px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624989774535261042" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzG1LQxzq0_ZSckhr7RbimSEneIaI-m7ZxrPyMh3SOyUPitiHovgPX1NtkT28jM-M3RC6NQnWPZzD5VuGg0fxWOkRcq2px7rFIn51HNrpTDyFT1F6Q-baMyNXkwoTjDWsr1p_meRPzRkLV/s200/arm+logo.png" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Republican challenge to Australian writers</span></strong><br /><br />Entry to the <strong><em>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> is now open. The theme for the <strong><em>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> is 'Citizen or Subject'. Short stories will use the theme to speculate on Australian republican futures.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">First Prize</span>: $500<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Highly Commended</span>: $50<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Length</span>: 2000 to 4000 words<br />Entry is open to all Australian residents<br /><br />The <strong><em>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> challenges Australia’s fiction writers to speculate on the possible futures of the Australian republic.<br /><em></em><br /><em>Speculative fiction writers deal with possibilities.<br />They speculate.<br />They make the future seem real.<br /></em><br />However, we can’t achieve anything unless we imagine it first. Before every great invention and before every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all trapped in the past.<br /><br />It seems strange there is no tradition of republican speculative fiction in Australia. In colonial times there were republican poets such as Charles Harpur writing in the 1840s and 1850s, and republican writers such as John Dunmore Lang and Daniel Deniehy in the 1850s and William Lane, Henry Lawson and John Norton in the 1880s and 1890s. But where have been the republican stories for the past century? There have certainly been many republican writers during this time but very few examples where republican settings or arguments have been explored in Australian fiction. Republican arguments and explorations of the past and imaginations of the future have almost always been written within the framework of constitutional debates.<br /><br />Where do the people of Australia fit into this? Where are their myths and stories to tell and retell and remember about Australia’s emerging republican identity?<br /><br />So, the Australian Republican Movement would like to point the way forward through Australian stories with a republican backdrop. They don’t have to be political thrillers or constitutional whodunits as long as they are an exploration of our future, our republican future.<br /><br />To read more about the Australia’s emerging republican speculative fiction genre go to <a href="http://www.independentaustralia.net/2010/republic/speculating-on-a-republic">http://www.independentaustralia.net/2010/republic/speculating-on-a-republic</a><br /><br /><strong>Previous National Republican Short Story winners are</strong>:<br /><br />Helen Bersten, <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/event/third-national-republican-short-story-competition"><span style="font-style: italic;">Double Lives</span></a>, 2010 Highly Commended<br />Sean Oliver Ness, <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/event/third-national-republican-short-story-competition"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inauguration Day</span></a>, 2010 Highly Commended<br />Kel Robertson, <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/event/third-national-republican-short-story-competition"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rook Feast</span></a>, 2009 First Prize<br /><br />The <span style="font-weight: bold;">competition guidelines</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">entry form</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">list of judges</span> are available at http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com <br /><br />For more information contact <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-69344232180145924632011-07-01T09:49:00.014+10:002011-08-21T20:03:36.243+10:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2011 Judging Panel announced</span></strong>
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<br />The Judging Panel was announced today for the <strong><em>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong>.
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<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Thomas Keneally</span> was born in 1935 and his first novel was published in 1964. Since then he has written a considerable number of novels and non-fiction works. His novels include <em>The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith</em>, <em>Schindler's List</em>, and <em>The People's Train</em>. His latest non-fiction book was <em>The Australains: Origins to Eureka</em>. He has won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Prize, the Mondello International Prize and has been made a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library, a Fellow of the American Academy, recipient of the University of California gold medal, and is now a 55 cent Australian stamp. He is also widely known as the founding chairman of the Australian Republican Movement.
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<br /><strong>Professor John Warhurst</strong> recently concluded fifteen years as Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. He is Adjunct Professor at both Australian National University and Flinders University, Senior Deputy National Chair, Australian Republican Movement and was Australian Republican Movement National Chair from 2002 to 2005. He also writes a weekly column for the <em>Canberra Times</em>.
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<br /><strong>Professor George Williams</strong> is Anthony Mason Professor of Law and Foundation Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at University of New South Wales. He was previously a National Committee member, Australian Republican Movement and regular reviews science fiction and fantasy books for <em>The Book Show</em> on ABC Radio National and for <em>The Weekend Australian</em>.
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<br /><strong>Dr Glenn Davies</strong> is Queensland State Convener, Australian Republican Movement, a republican historian and author, and a 2008 and 2009 Aurealis Awards Science Fiction Short Story judge. He reads slush pile for <em>Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine</em>.
<br />Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-25743025546925376822011-07-01T09:48:00.005+10:002011-07-04T08:19:08.226+10:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2011 Competition Terms and Conditions<br /></span></strong><br />1. Entry is open to all Australian residents. Entry forms can be downloaded from <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />2. The purpose of the short story competition is to promote non-constitutional change towards an Australian republic and to remind Australians what they still do not have.<br /><br />3. The theme for the speculative fiction competition is 'Citizen or Subject'. Short stories will be required to use this theme to portray an Australian republican future.<br /><br />4. First prize is $500. Highly Commended prize is $50. The First Prize and Highly Commended short stories are eligible for publication in <em>Republican Roundup</em> and on the ARM website. Copyright of each short story will remain with the author.<br /><br />5. Entry fee is $11.99 (incl GST). Each additional submission fee is $6.11 (incl GST) Entry fees are to be paid by money order or cheque to Australian Republican Movement. Please do not send cash.<br /><br />6. Entries must be unpublished and not have won any other awards. Each manuscript entered must meet all of the following requirements:<br />* Length -- 2000 to 4000 words<br />* Typed -- double spaced on one side of the paper<br />* Title Page -- must include your name, address, phone number, story title, length, and email<br />* Do not submit originals. Manuscripts will not be returned.<br />* While appropriate colourful language might be accepted (within moderation), entries must not contain extreme foul language, racial or sexually explicit content that would render the entry unsuitable for publication.<br />* Electronic copies will be accepted at fiction@republic.org.au<br />* Deadline -- postmarked on or before 6 November 2011 (Advice: enter early -- avoid deadline crush)<br /><br />7. The competition will be judged by Professor John Warhurst, Professor George Williams and Dr Glenn Davies. The judging committee will select the best short stories from the qualified entries and determine the winners. The judges reserve the right not to award prizes if in their judgement there are no short stories entered of sufficient standard. The decision of the judging committee is final.<br /><br />8. The prize money will be awarded by Australian Republican Movement in accordance with the decision of the judging committee. First Prize and Highly Commended winners will be publicised on 26 January 2011. Each contestant after 26 January 2011 will receive the following information: Name of the competition winner / Name and background of the judges / The 2010 competition statistics<br /><br />9. Mail signed official entry form and your manuscript (s) on or before 6 November 2011 to: Australian Republican Movement (Qld), PO Box 87, Geebung Q 4034<br /><br />10. If you have any questions, please feel free to email <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or post a blog query at <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><strong>Best of luck!</strong>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-43636192808807618132011-07-01T09:47:00.008+10:002011-07-03T11:39:27.814+10:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2011 Entry Form</span></strong><br /><br />The Australian Republican Movement invites submissions of original short stories to be considered for the <strong><em>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong>.<br /><br /><strong>How to enter</strong><br />Simply fill in the entry form and send together with a cheque for $11.99 and your republican speculative fiction short story to:<br /><br />Australian Republican Movement<br />PO Box 87<br />Geebung QLD 4034<br /><br />Entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not have won another competition.<br /><br />First prize is $500<br /><br />Highly Commended prize is $50<br /><br /><strong>Personal Details</strong><br /><br />Given Name(s) / Surname<br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br />Postal address<br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br />_________________________________________________________<br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br />Email address<br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><strong>Story title</strong><br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br />Please write the title of your story on each page of your submission<br /><br />By submitting my entry into the competition I agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the competition. (posted at <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a> )<br /><br />Signature _______________________ Date _________<br /><br />Entries will be accepted until close of business on<strong> 6 November 2011</strong>.<br /><br />Further information contact <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or go to <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-69140106842824075102010-11-06T14:40:00.014+10:002012-01-29T09:46:20.299+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVMCf9UsbjlcITHh9QtR3OtJGm3Biqzw1TFIqIjpSTLE7eb7FsawZl-nPYoaGmOo4gJ9iu5XEN5z0JGlP6118HHwSCkekLsTfMbTEYVWU9ScnTflwYmCiXkGmZ2tYHa7DH2fYhXlYCIzA/s1600/wattle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536293534002518338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVMCf9UsbjlcITHh9QtR3OtJGm3Biqzw1TFIqIjpSTLE7eb7FsawZl-nPYoaGmOo4gJ9iu5XEN5z0JGlP6118HHwSCkekLsTfMbTEYVWU9ScnTflwYmCiXkGmZ2tYHa7DH2fYhXlYCIzA/s200/wattle.jpg" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2010 Second National Republican Short Story Competition Winner Announced</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Helen Bersten</strong> and <strong>Sean Oliver Ness</strong> were each awarded today a <strong>‘Highly Commended’</strong> in the <strong><em>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> for their short stories <em>Double Lives</em> and <em>Inauguration Day</em>.<br /><br />The 2010 theme was ‘Life and Death in an Australian Republic’. Australia’s speculative fiction writers were challenged to speculate on the possible futures of the Australian republic.<br /><br />The Judging Panel comprising Professor Brian Matthews, Professor John Warhurst and Professor George Williams decided not to award a 2010 First Prize. Instead they have awarded two ‘Highly Commended’ prizes and recommended the prize be jackpotted for 2011. This is not an unusual outcome for literary competitions. Winners will receive $50 each.<br /><br />Winner of a <strong>‘Highly Commended’</strong> in the <em><strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</strong></em> is Helen Bersten. Mrs Bersten is a librarian, who has been working for the last 32 years as Honorary Archivist for the Australian Jewish Historical Society in Sydney. In 2005 she received an OAM for her voluntary service to the historical society. She has also been a voluntary reader on Radio 2RPH (Radio for the Print Handicapped) for the last 6 and a half years. She is an avid writer of letters to newspapers and an amateur poet, who proof-reads others' works and dreams of writing her own magnum opus. She is a wife, mother of 3 and grandmother of 5.<br /><br />In <em>Double Lives</em>, Mrs Bersten tells dual stories: one set during a Presidential meet’n greet where his new team of advisers, Team PC (People’s Choice), are getting to know each other. At the same time a fictional crime story is being told about the night the Dunbar sank at South Head in Sydney Harbour.<br /><br />The Judges commented that <em>Double Lives</em> is both imaginative and innovative. The attempt at a dual narrative – one commenting on the other, the past intruding into the present – is ambitious and difficult. They felt the complicated structure, though at times flawed, makes a genuinely ambitious and credible effort to produce a fiction. It is a story that has the required republican provenance but which tries to do other things and go to other places, both physically and psychologically.<br /><br />Winner of a <strong>‘Highly Commended’</strong> in the <strong><em>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> is Sean Oliver Ness. Mr Ness was born in North Queensland but his family moved to Hong Kong when he was young. He lived there until he was 12 returning to Brisbane and later study in Psychology and Information Technology at university. He works in the public service in Canberra. His interests include travelling, participating in Volunteer Emergency Services, following politics and, of course, reading and writing a lot.<br /><br />In <em>Inauguration Day</em>, Mr Ness tells the story of James Hapeta, an Australian Federal Police Lieutenant assigned to Presidential protection detail with the Inauguration Day Presidential parade. As the Presidential motorcade travels through the streets of Canberra, Hapeta and his security colleagues attention to security is at fever pitch due to a discovered credible threat.<br /><br />Ness’ sense of humour is evident in his reference to ‘Billies’. As the Presidential motorcade passes through Ainslie "an elderly couple: grey hair, plain clothes, a stiffness that stood out from the happy families [are holding] a poster-size portrait of the Queen [and] a sign that said "THE SECOND RUM REBELLION IS HERE – GOD SAVE US ALL!" Ness explains that in the early days, monarchists took the Rum Rebellion analogy and ran with it; in response, they were uniformly nicknamed Billy Blighs, or just Billies.<br /><br />The Judges noted as nicely managed the following paragraph in Inauguration Day where Hapeta observes the scene around him:<br /><br /><em>The big houses faded as they turned a sharp corner onto Antill. On the left, they passed schools and public swimming pools and clusters of shops; on the right, rows of small homes and low-rise apartment blocks. State Policemen were on either side of the street, controlling the crowds. As the motorcade swept down the street, the low murmurs turned into a loud cheer that echoed off the apartment blocks. Streamers were tossed into the air, and confetti rained down like pink snowflakes.<br /></em><br />When Hapeta breaks protocol and leaves his post to assist a ‘Statie’ the theme of ‘Life and Death in the Australian Republic’ emerges. The final scene is captured by a bystander with the photo becoming the defining memory of the day.<br /><br />The two <strong>‘Highly Commended’</strong> entries were published on the <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/event/2010-national-republican-short-story-competition-winners">Australian Republican Movement</a> website on 6 November 2010.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-80615237924679969962010-09-01T22:57:00.008+10:002010-09-01T23:09:25.658+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugIYrTjomVNnHU0THPwJU3uGPQNy_kpyq1_PPNnvEju2w2iEzveY4O39PO_oCwKHNDLVHF0_uMuoehC9OFmxrOhBvKlje4_6_qxP026UjIkJXmO9xC3FXbDhTAnrF_aAQhCF1pnXvp0WT/s1600/arm_logo.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511929470281956370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 63px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugIYrTjomVNnHU0THPwJU3uGPQNy_kpyq1_PPNnvEju2w2iEzveY4O39PO_oCwKHNDLVHF0_uMuoehC9OFmxrOhBvKlje4_6_qxP026UjIkJXmO9xC3FXbDhTAnrF_aAQhCF1pnXvp0WT/s200/arm_logo.png" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Republican challenge to Australian speculative fiction writers</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p>The 2010 <strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</strong> opened on 1 May 2010 and closed on 31 August 2010. The winner will be announced on 6 November 2010.</p>The theme for the <strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</strong> is 'Life and Death in an Australian Republic'. Short stories will speculate on Australian republican futures.<br /><br />The <strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</strong> continues the momentum built from the successful 2009 First National Republican Short Story Competition. 2009 was a milestone as it was 10 years on 6 November 2009 since the republican referendum was lost. To commemorate this event and to remind Australians what they still didn’t have the Australian Republican Movement ran the First National Republican Short Story Competition.<br /><br />It seems strange there is no tradition of republican speculative fiction in Australia. In colonial times there were republican poets such as Charles Harpur writing in the 1840s and 1850s, and republican writers such as John Dunmore Lang and Daniel Deniehy in the 1850s and William Lane, Henry Lawson and John Norton in the 1880s and 1890s. But where have been the republican stories for the past century? There have certainly been many republican writers during this time but almost no examples where republican settings or arguments have been explored in Australian fiction. Republican arguments and explorations of the past and imaginations of the future are always written within the framework of constitutional debates.<br /><br />Where do the people of Australia fit into this? Where are their myths and stories to tell and retell and remember about Australia’s emerging republican identity?<br /><br />This <strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</strong> challenges Australia’s fiction writers to speculate on the possible futures of the Australian republic.<br /><br /><em></em><em>Speculative fiction writers deal with possibilities.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>They speculate.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>They make the future seem real.</em><br /><br />However, we can’t achieve anything unless we imagine it first. Before every great invention and before every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all trapped in the past.<br /><br />So, the ARM (Q) would like to point the way forward through Australian stories with a republican backdrop. They don’t have to be political thrillers or constitutional whodunits as long as they are an exploration of our future, <strong>our republican future.</strong>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-36704818240944332442010-08-22T14:44:00.007+10:002010-11-07T11:51:18.485+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe3w2xqdNxbXbSFShxz-hoYT-0dYrWy9i8Nxo3Q0zIyfDzJKWT4PF5n3VbBrJ9w_LyUsgF_L6lfaEqCh8NPtuf4JZm-YsHy94wITh9EU9K3iqbk7rxwxmCBqQcAVpa9j0cpb_Mbianer9/s1600/Eldershaw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536615319109658338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe3w2xqdNxbXbSFShxz-hoYT-0dYrWy9i8Nxo3Q0zIyfDzJKWT4PF5n3VbBrJ9w_LyUsgF_L6lfaEqCh8NPtuf4JZm-YsHy94wITh9EU9K3iqbk7rxwxmCBqQcAVpa9j0cpb_Mbianer9/s200/Eldershaw.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Tomorrow when the republic comes</span></strong><br /><br />M. Barnard Eldershaw was the pseudonym used by the twentieth century Australian literary collaborators Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw<br /><br />Their final collaborative novel, <em>Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow</em>, published in 1947 as <em>Tomorrow and Tomorrow</em>, is considered to be one of Australia's major early science fiction novels and was highly regarded by Australia's only Nobel Prize winner for literature, Patrick White. It is set in the 24th century and features Knarf (a novelist and historian whose name is an inversion of Frank Dalby Davison's first name).<br /><br />The book is essentially a story-within-a-story, with much of it comprising an historical novel, written by the character Knarf, about "old" Australia from 1924-1946. This story is basically an alternative history of an Australian socialist republic from the 1920s on flowing from a revolution during the First World War. It was, however, censored for political reasons at the time: the censors demanded that 400 lines be cut, including references to National Security regulations and how they contradicted the democratic principles for which the war was supposedly being fought.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-76672554169076915752010-08-07T20:30:00.007+10:002010-11-07T11:50:57.876+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvF0Z3hvKlpGAvlqM_t0F7HrFyG3y9RulDCSJ9v3Ais0kRnGqhzshlVZTcE2ljHDclmlPZGg-DU_IK1Qx5D_qgzdZfWg4BP7yqHUH4NIgsFhD41LhUANCWJo3jZT3_M0dtU68IkKuUrfyZ/s1600/IA+logo.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536609491738737714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvF0Z3hvKlpGAvlqM_t0F7HrFyG3y9RulDCSJ9v3Ais0kRnGqhzshlVZTcE2ljHDclmlPZGg-DU_IK1Qx5D_qgzdZfWg4BP7yqHUH4NIgsFhD41LhUANCWJo3jZT3_M0dtU68IkKuUrfyZ/s200/IA+logo.bmp" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Speculating on the Republic</span></strong><br /><br />On 3 August 2010 <a href="http://www.independentaustralia.net/2010/republic/speculating-on-a-republic/">Independent Australia</a> published the the first review ever undertaken on the republican speculative fiction genre in Australia.<br /><br />It seems strange there is no tradition of republican speculative fiction in Australia. It is through speculative fiction that change can begin. We can’t achieve anything unless we imagine it first. Before every great invention and before every great journey is the idea. Without ideas and imagination, we are all trapped in the past.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-18276146223377491972010-08-02T20:45:00.004+10:002010-11-07T11:50:04.839+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgYFv_dTHv2LH-Uhm8PvXbX3NEt2PoqrU00jyqdVxgmRbYLl_nqjsfPBcWlJ7XeO2vfNLz57tD9IRonpDAbexKrPG63Crb7hwOeKkWm13Ng0xDn9XXGdI0WrFomuDOOz-8sF6cjZwDTlq/s1600/eidolon2930.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536618627557001474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzgYFv_dTHv2LH-Uhm8PvXbX3NEt2PoqrU00jyqdVxgmRbYLl_nqjsfPBcWlJ7XeO2vfNLz57tD9IRonpDAbexKrPG63Crb7hwOeKkWm13Ng0xDn9XXGdI0WrFomuDOOz-8sF6cjZwDTlq/s200/eidolon2930.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Republic - 'The Land Itself</span></strong> '<br /><br />In 2000, the Australian speculative fiction writer Sean Williams published in <em><a href="http://eidolon.net/?book=eidolon">Eidolon. The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy</a>,</em> Vol.7, No.2 (No.29/30) the story he had written too late for the 1998 <em>Aurealis Republic issue</em>.<br /><br />Williams’ decribes ‘The Land Itself’ as “not just a post-human take on the whole Republic issue, but as post-Australia (if that’s a thing).”<br /><br />One of the Australian colonies wants to secede from the motherland and its envoy has to jump through several increasingly strange hoops to do it. He follows this up in 2005 with his second novel, <em>The Resurrected Man</em> which is set in a future Australia (2069) that was part of the United Republics of Australia in which ‘Old Stott-Despoja’ had just been voted in for another term.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-52285105011385110872010-07-28T21:12:00.004+10:002010-11-07T11:19:29.239+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uaJdP5jptyP3Lw2kwvcv2aUd77EkoaT4LED-MfCkAGd6re54ROrZsTbNU6s_VSBwaMFR3OuzLTJNmepFhX0BgLGNwh6LVhO1VB31UgTOnLUyapqnfCnVDqKVBHzzsrzyb7dNm_G0KfpE/s1600/david_donovan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536610961819550978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 98px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uaJdP5jptyP3Lw2kwvcv2aUd77EkoaT4LED-MfCkAGd6re54ROrZsTbNU6s_VSBwaMFR3OuzLTJNmepFhX0BgLGNwh6LVhO1VB31UgTOnLUyapqnfCnVDqKVBHzzsrzyb7dNm_G0KfpE/s200/david_donovan.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Australian identity, Australian literature and an Australian republic</span></strong><br /><br />On 7 July 2010, David Donovan wrote in <a href="http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10626">Online Opinion</a> that a major reason for an Australian republic is to aid the further development of a distinct and unique Australian identity. This identity comes through the way we think about ourselves and our nation: the stories we tell, the songs we sing, our legends and our myths. From our literature and popular fiction, we can see that Australia has built a narrative about who we are as a nation, and new chapters are being added all the time as the national identity is updated with each new era.<br /><br />As part of this process, the Australian Republican Movement runs an annual speculative fiction short story competition. Entries close in August for the current installment of this <a href="http://www.republic.org.au/event/second-national-republican-short-story-competition" target="_blank">competition</a>. This year, writers are asked to present stories about Australia’s republican future, under the theme “Life and Death in the Australian Republic”.<br /><br />There is no real tradition of speculative republican fiction in Australia. A great many of Australia’s most important works of fiction look towards our past rather than ahead. Moreover, with some exceptions rather than preferring bright and optimistic tales, the stories with which we seem to most identify have a strong sense of adversity, injustice and persecution at their core.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-65467256364011246982010-06-07T20:49:00.005+10:002010-07-28T21:20:11.163+10:00<strong></strong>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-73910808869279791622010-06-03T09:52:00.017+10:002010-06-07T21:29:47.684+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSypo4f-5PkQBD6acXZCo7Ovu6YVrPfOdMOBCtmKaYMWQ44u_ojUIXBoRw4EA-C5QLkNBU0tYLo9GkFefU6TRvj09mZSd0ARd2poie2g_sFzohcmT54kBm7uW_sGAqQA0x6vs7E6ESjHn8/s1600/The+Royal+Guest.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479984702919503474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSypo4f-5PkQBD6acXZCo7Ovu6YVrPfOdMOBCtmKaYMWQ44u_ojUIXBoRw4EA-C5QLkNBU0tYLo9GkFefU6TRvj09mZSd0ARd2poie2g_sFzohcmT54kBm7uW_sGAqQA0x6vs7E6ESjHn8/s200/The+Royal+Guest.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> <span style="font-size:130%;">Crown's don't sit well</span></strong><br /><br />In Tohby Riddle's, <em>The Royal Guest</em>, (Hodder & Stoughton, 1993; Puffin 2008) the Queen is planning a trip to Australia, but there is talk about the cost. Luckily, a Mrs Jones from Padstow offers to put her up. She has plenty of room, not to mention a very comfortable inflatable mattress. All the Queen needs to bring is a her own sleeping bag.<br /><br />Over the next few days, the Queen experiences everyday suburban life, playing cards with Mrs Jones and her friends and helping Mrs Jones take her cat to the vet on her way to a meeting with the Prime Minister.<br /><br />After a hectic round of royal engagement, the Queen returns to spend her last night at Padstow. Before she leaves the next moring, she hands Mrs Jones a thankyou gift. It is the most delicately, crafted jewelled crown, one of the Queen's old favourites. Mrs Jones, who is busy packing the Queen's lunch, accepts the crown, joking that this must make her 'the Queen of Padstow'.<br /><br />Although this is where the story ends, republican historian Mark McKenna has reflected on the crowning of Mrs Jones. In <em>Symbols of Australia</em> (2010), p.33 he wrote:<br /><br /><em>I've often imagined Mrs Jones sitting at her kitchen table, carefully placing the crown on her head. How strange it must have felt, this crown that jarred with her clothes and refused to sit straight on her hair. If the neighbours caught sight of her, they'd probably have thought she'd gone mad. After all, what good is a crown in Padstow? We know nothing of how long Mrs Jones reigned in her realm of Padstow, or whether she managed to find any loyal subjects, although given the wry delivery of her final line it would seem unlikely she persisted with the fantasy of being the Queen of Padstow.</em><br /><br />The sight of any Australian wearing the crown of royalty - like the sight of the crowned Mrs Jones in Padstow - seems frankly absurd. Crowns do not sit well on Australian heads.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-31825925077699437212010-05-25T22:12:00.006+10:002010-06-03T10:09:44.353+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmf5tYK2IokjwY3lq3Qt22CUAMDI-yS6jOvDVxb7UX00K6qX0oFYRR_S6ltGcHZLRSzKhvEgh0SVXHWwloRrALqQgaZqL6QUUg3Xs_FrJZ6Gjy2QEq0GbSwYBzuhjisoUNZ__L4okhiQWR/s1600/Nick+Earls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478332150976777410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmf5tYK2IokjwY3lq3Qt22CUAMDI-yS6jOvDVxb7UX00K6qX0oFYRR_S6ltGcHZLRSzKhvEgh0SVXHWwloRrALqQgaZqL6QUUg3Xs_FrJZ6Gjy2QEq0GbSwYBzuhjisoUNZ__L4okhiQWR/s200/Nick+Earls.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Republic Upstairs with Nick Earls</span></strong><br /><br />The Republic Upstairs welcomes as its next guest speaker, Nick Earls.<br /><br />The Republic Upstairs has a proud history and over the past decade has hosted some of the leading figures in sports, finance, journalism, the arts and politics.<br /><br />This tradition continues with Nick Earls, speaking at the 12 Lounge at the Melbourne Hotel in West End next month.<br /><br />Date: Sunday 20th June 2010<br />Time: 2:00pmLocation: 12 Lounge, The Melbourne Hotel<br />Address: 10 Browning Street, West End, 4101<br />Admisson Charges: $30RSVP: by 15th June email <a title="mailto:qld@republic.org.au" href="mailto:qld@republic.org.au">qld@republic.org.au</a> <a title="http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/6786/2d7c94z/1221853/3d980ks4.html Picture" href="http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/6786/2d7c94z/1221853/3d980ks4.html" target="_blank"></a><br /><br />Nick Earls is an award winning and highly successful Queensland writer, as well as a long-standing member of the Queensland branch of the Australian Republican movement. Nick was born in Northern Ireland and emigrated to Australia when he was eight. His family settled in Brisbane and he went to school at ‘Churchie’ before completing a medical degree at the University of Queensland. Nick’s father was a GP and he worked for a time in the same profession before turning to writing full-time in his mid-20s. This decision proved to be an almost immediate success when his first adult novel, <em>Zigzag Street</em>, won the Betty Trask award in 1998. Then in 2000, his young-adult novel <em>48 Shades of Brown</em> won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award for older readers.<br /><br />Most of Nick’s writing is humorous and fun and almost all of it is set in Brisbane. Many of his novels have been adapted for stage, film and television. His first work written specifically for the stage, <em>The True Story of Butterfish</em>, was shown at the Brisbane Powerhouse as part of the Brisbane Festival in October 2009.<br /><br />The admission charges will cover a modest bar tab as well as a selection of finger food. The Melbourne hotel offers $5 parking and is close to many public transport options.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-13635400052993110162010-05-01T14:37:00.004+10:002010-05-25T22:17:37.181+10:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Second National Republican Short Story Competition opens</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br />The <strong><em>2010 Second National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> opened today, 1 May 2010 and will close on 31 August 2010. The winner will be announced on 6 November 2010.<br /><br />The <strong><em>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> continues the momentum built from the successful <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">2009 </span><strong><em>First National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong>. 2009 was a milestone as it was 10 years on 6 November 2009 since the republican referendum was lost. To commemorate this event and to remind Australians what they still didn’t have the Australian Republican Movement ran the <strong><em>First National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong>.<br /><br />The theme for the <strong><em>Second National Republican Short Story Competition</em></strong> is 'Life and Death in an Australian Republic'. Short stories will speculate on Australian republican futures.Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468001515926433917.post-64774095769656964552010-05-01T14:30:00.003+10:002010-05-25T22:10:14.762+10:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2010 Entry Form.</span></strong><br /><br />The Australian Republican Movement invites submissions of original short stories to be considered for the <strong>Second National Republican Short Story Competition.</strong><br /><br /><strong>How to enter<br /></strong>Simply fill in the entry form and send together with a cheque for $11.99 and your republican speculative fiction short story to:<br /><br /><strong>Australian Republican Movement<br />PO Box 87<br />Geebung QLD 4034</strong><br /><br />Entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not have won another competition.<br /><br /><strong>First prize is $500<br /></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Personal Details<br /></span></strong><br /><em>Given Name(s) / Surname</em><br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><em>Postal address</em><br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br />_________________________________________________________<br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><em>Email address<br /></em><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><em>Story title</em><br /><br />_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><em>Please write the title of your story on each page of your submission<br /></em><br />By submitting my entry into the competition I agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the competition. (posted at <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a> )<br /><br />Signature _______________________ Date _________<br /><br />Entries will be accepted until close of business on 31 August 2010.<br /><br />Further information contact <a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au">fiction@republic.org.au</a> or go to <a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/</a>Glenn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05500567496122529923noreply@blogger.com0