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Robertson wins 2017 ‘ABR’ Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

UK author Eliza Robertson has won the Australian Book Review’s (ABR) 2017 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Pheidippides’.

Dominic Amerena placed second for his story ‘The Leaching Layer’ and Lauren Aimee Curtis came third for ‘Butter’. The three shortlisted stories were published in the August edition of ABR.

The judging panel comprised ABR deputy editor Amy Baillieu and authors Ellen van Neerven and Chris Flynn.

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