Winners of Empty Shells are Full of Stories 2016
The South Coast Writers Centre, in partnership with the Wollongong Art Gallery, presented the Empty Shells are Full of Stories Writing Competition and live readings on February 27 at the Gallery.
The competition and event accompanied the Shimmer exhibition at the Wollongong art Gallery, which explores expanded notions of historical and contemporary shell-working traditions in Indigenous Australia.
Poetry
1st Place – Maris Depers, 'My Footprint'
Highly Commended – Nicole Mc Taggart, 'Empty Shells'
Highly Commended – Sandy Fung, 'Warrior”
Prose
1st Place – Lani Watt, 'Empty Shells'
Highly Commended – Bibi Ioannou-Marsh, 'Life in a Shell'
A big thank you to our sponsor, photographer Warren Keelan, provider of the 1st place category prizes.
Written by SCWC
Posted on March 17, 2016