Announcing the inaugural winner of
THE LOUIE AWARD

 The winner of the 2022 The Louie Award for fast fiction crime writing is Hayley Young for her story I’m not Telling. Congratulations Hayley!

The Louie Award is Australia’s fast fiction crime writing award. It is for stories of up to 500 words. The Award is sponsored by Dr Antonio Di Dio in celebration of his late father Luigi and is run by the Australian Crime Writers Association. The winner of the Award receives $750.

This year’s inaugural competition, received 92 entries.  The judges also nominated two highly commended writers:

Dinuka McKenzie for her story In the Mirror and Stephen Hickman for his story Day 7418.

All three stories are available to read on the Australian Crime Writers Association website. And please watch our announcement video: link here

The winner, Hayley Young is a new fast fiction crime writer.

“It's an honour to be the winner of the inaugural award,” Young said.“A huge thank you to the Australian Crime Writers Association and to Dr Di Dio for the opportunity to be part of such a fun challenge!

“The Louie Award has provided a platform for writers of different levels, including emerging writers like myself, to find a creative outlet during a tough year,” Young said.

The Louie Award complements Australian Crime Writers Association’s long standing and highly recognised Ned Kelly Awards.

The Australian Crime Writers Association is dedicated to promoting Australian crime, thriller and mystery writing. The addition of The Louie Award will help raise awareness of the strength of the Australian crime writing scene and we hope will bring a new audience of readers and writers to the crime genre.

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