Writer wins Commonwealth prize

Congratulations to writer, psychiatrist, and Allisonian Julie Curwin ('86), who won the Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

Her story, World Backwards, came first among 1,700 entries from around the Commonwealth. The story had to be less than 600 words and Curwin says she wrote it mainly as an exercise to see if she could do it.

She came in at 526 well-chosen words and a surprisingly funny ending about an elderly lady accompanying her friend to Italy to spread her friend’s husband’s ashes.

To read more, see Sydney writer wins Commonwealth prize (Halifax Herald)