The judges for the 2024 Australian Outback Writers Festival short story competition were tasked with making a selection to go to print. Here they are:

3000 max short stories from:Hilary Barrett, Barry Blunt, Nicky Butler, Brenda Campbell, Paul Clarke, Ruth Cooney, Geoff Covey, Robyn Crossley-Price, Margaret Dakin, Louise K Dean, Rachel Emanuel, Charlie Farry, Grahame Griffin, John Griffiths, M C Groves, Samuel Hart, Lisa Hauff, Steve Hawe, Franz Huber, David M Jones, Ella Kim, Dinah Kimbell, Fae le Friz, Ilivia Lee, Ruth Lee, Tracy Liotis, Winnie Macfarlane, Isabella McDonald, Greg McFarland, Kay Middlemiss, Gabriel Moens, Annie O'Moon-Browning, Karen Payne, Peter Perkins, Stella Perrott, Anthoula Photinos, Jill Plummer, Philip Rintoul, Averil Robertson, Gabrielle Samson, Jill Staunton, Wendy Taylor, Peyton Weston, Mary Wilson, Kerry Yates.