Amra Pajalic

Young Adult Author

Short Stories

I have placed in short story competitions, and been published in e-zines and anthologies.

Short Story Publication Credits

Exiles Return, First chapter of The Good Daughter, Wordlines Anthology, Five Mile Press, to be published July 2010.

Renovator’s Hell (remix of Cate Kennedy’s story Renovator’s Heaven as part of Remix My Lit Project, August 2008)

Game (Spinetingler, Summer 2008)

The Old Man (Spinetingler, Summer 2008)

The Vow (Spinetingler, Summer 2008)

The Other Shoe (Spinetingler, Summer 2008)

The Living Dead (Spinetingler, July 2007)

Fuck Me Eyes (2005 Best Australian Short Stories, Black Inc, Dec 2005)

Siege (2004 Best Australian Short Stories, Black Inc, Dec 2004)

Metal Statues (Stories of Melbourne The Bigger M Anthology, Nov 2001)

The Brazillian (Australian Women’s Forum, May 2001)

Can’t Buy me Love (Woman’s Day, Apr 2001)

Ice Cream (Voiceworks, Nov 2000)

Mother’s Nature (Big Issue, Nov 2000)

Short Story Competitions

The Cuckoo’s Song, (Second Prize in Brimbank Council Short Story Competition, Aug 2006)

No Worries (Shortlisted Raspberry and Vine Short Story Competition, Apr 2004

Siege (3rd prize in Glen Eira Literary Awards, My Brother Jack� open award, May 2001)

Bystanders ignore racist attack on girl (Winner of Story of the Year in SYME Schools Community Newspapers Competition, Apr 1992)

2005 Best Australian Stories Review Mentions of Fuck Me Eyes

Briskly narrated and interesting and original writing (Australian Book Review, Feb 2006)

Marvellous and a brisk tale� (Rip It Up, Dec 2005)

2004 Best Australian Stories Review Mentions of Siege

A powerful and moving story of family dissolution and the suffering, deprivation and terror of war. (Australian Book Review, Feb 2005)

Amra Pajalic’s Bosnian Diary is a masterpiece of broken elegy� (Bulletin, Dec 2004)

Media Features

Featured to promote Remix My Lit project (ABC Radio, Oct 2008)

Featured to promote shortlisting in Victorian Premier’s Awards (Brimbank Leader, Aug 2007)

Featured to promote 2005 Best Australian Short Stories (The Glebe newspaper 8 Dec 2005)

Featured as Winner of Story of the Year in SYME Schools Community Newspapers Competition (St Albans-Keilor Advocate Dec, 1992)