This years winner of the Wallace Arts Trust Short Fiction Prize has been announced, with Jade du Preez taking out the top prize for her short story ‘Lily of the Valley’. An artist currently studying for a law degree, du Preez is working towards a career in Human Rights. A graduate of Elam’s Bachelor of Fine Arts programme, and Media Design School’s course in 3D Animation, working across media, her art is concerned with ideas of translation in communal and transitory spaces. The runner up in the Wallace Arts Trust Prize for short fiction is Nod Ghosh with ‘Seven Lesbians and a Bar of Soap’. Nod Ghosh is a medical laboratory scientist in Christchurch and has had stories accepted by in various NZ and international publications. Providing a safe and supportive environment for both emerging and established writers to share their stories, the competition was this year centred around the theme ‘A Kiwi Romance’. As a supporter of the Prize, ’Lily of the Valley’ will be published on gaynz.com in the coming weeks. You can hear du Preez reading her winning piece during a panel at the Same Same But Different Festival taking place during Auckland Pride. Gaynz.com would like to congratulate both winners of the Prize and look forward to publishing the winning piece, 'Lily of the Valley' in the near future.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 22nd January 2016 - 2:53pm