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Ethel Webb Bundell Literary Awards: Short Story Award 2024
Northern Beaches Writers Competition 2024
Flash 500 Short Story Competition 2024
Graeme Lay Short Story
Competition 2023
EVENT TESTIMONALS
“Averil Robertson was an exceptional MC for our publishing panel, An Agent, an Author, and an Editor Walk into a Library. Her insightful questions and warm presence created an engaging and accessible space for an in-depth conversation between Danielle Binks, Katherine Collette, and Laura Franks. Averil’s deep knowledge of the literary world, enthusiasm, and professionalism ensured the session ran smoothly and sparked meaningful dialogue. We’re so grateful for the expertise and care she brought to the festival.”
(Footscray West Writers’ Fest 2025)
“Averil spoke with passion, care and insight on the challenges and joys of short story writing at our panel celebrating the launch of the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize Anthology 2023. Her insightful reflections on narrative, character and the craft of good writing confirmed how right we were to select her as one of our finalists.”
(Tasmania Reads 2024)
AVERIL’S WRITING
“The characters and setting were vivid, the dialogue was beautifully executed … Present tense … added a sense of immediacy and tension that brought this story alive.”
– Judge’s Report, Ethel Webb Bundell Literary Awards 2024, Society of Women Writers WA
“… you can sense the personalities at play and the gentle banter bubbling away. Humorous and human…”
– Australian Writers’ Centre
“The judges praised your complex characters, the physical details concretely rendered, with excellent dialogue that brought them to life.”
– Tasmanian Writers’ Prize
“… moody, evocative and gritty …”
“The characters and plot are dynamic.”
“… clever and feasible …”
– Writers Victoria MS Assessment
The dialogue … is sharp, revealing and keeps the plot moving.”
“… dark-hearted, atmospheric, and brooding …”
– New Zealand Society of Authors MS Assessment
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Averil respectfully acknowledges and recognises the Wurundjeri and Bunurong Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this land and pays respect to their Elders, past, present and future.
AVERIL ROBERTSON 