Short and Twisted 2010

Selection of stories, images and poems is now complete and congratulations to all the succcessful contributors. We received 624 submissions of which only 74 were chosen. It is not possible to provide individual feedback to everyone, but in general there are 6 reasons why submissions are not successful:
- similar theme to other submissions (common themes include death, murder and pretending to be something else)
- predictable ending compared to other submissions
- grammar, punctuation or spelling was not of a publishable standard
- exceeded word limit
- was received after closing date
- there was no twist

The Charlotte Duncan Award is an annual competition
for a short story for young readers aged 9-12 years.
It was established in 2009 in memory of our baby daughter,
Charlotte, to raise funds for the neo-natal unit at
Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital.

Congratulations to Stella Tarakson who was awarded first prize in the Charlotte Duncan Award 2009 for her story "Ashley's guitar".

The slightly skewed life of Toby Chrysler

by Paul Collins
ISBN 9780975074244
RRP: $14.95

Toby's mum has been missing for more than a month. His new friend, Ginger, has lost her dad. So how can an abandoned red shoe, an unusual plan and map coordinates help them in their search for their parents?

And why is everyone looking for Toby?

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Machino Supremo! Poems about machines

by Janeen Brian and Mark Carthew
Illustrated by John Veeken
ISBN 9780980699401
RRP: $12.95

Purchase Machino Supremo!

What's your favourite machine?
Is it a clanker, a rattler, a whiner, a whoosher,
a whizzer, a thumper or grinder?

Check out the quirky machine poems
in Machino Supremo!

Crank up this book for
... a power of fun!

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