Each year the Outback Writers' Festival conducts a 3000 word max short story competition. The judge is asked to select from the entries and they are published in book form. This is the result for 2023.

Authors: Maxine Goulston, Errol Bishop, Ken Sykes, Judy Wollin. Ian Waples, Michael Albrecht, Beverley Young, Stephen Hawe, John Griffiths, Gabriel Moens, Kay Middlemiss, Kerry Yates, Franz Huber, Peter Perkins, Philip J Bradbury, Jill Staunton, Judith Ryan, Tracy Liotis, Greg McFarland, Margaret Giffard, Drewe Freeburn, Meg Dunley, Irene Dalgety Timpone, Jeremy Newton-John, Leanne Green, Frances Willcox, Daan Spijer, Barry Blunt, Jill Plummer, Russell Perry, Gabrielle Samson, Winnie MacFarlane, Paul Clarke, Philipee Savidis, Kate Kelsen, John P Taylor

337 pages of interesting reading.