Selected publications & awards
Laura’s writing has been featured in a wide variety of literary journals, magazines and anthologies.
Publications
- Eve, Island Magazine, issue 160
- Capricorn Highway, The Saturday Paper, issue 313
- Something Close to Gold, New Australian Fiction, 2019
- Fruit Flies, Overland, issue 236, 2019
- The Garden Bridge, Overland, issue 235, 2019
- Your cart is empty, Overland, issue 233, 2018
- Seeing the Light: Shaping my debut collection from manuscript into published book, WQ Magazine, 2018
- Sherri Baby, The Big Issue Fiction Edition, 2018
- Neighbourly, Meanjin, winter 2018
- Unspooling, Overland, issue 230, 2018
- Joiner Bay, Joiner Bay and Other Stories, 2017
- Wingspan, Griffith Review, Ed. 58, 2017
- What You Really Collect Is Always Yourself, Review of Australian Fiction, February 2017
- Acrobat, Shibboleth and Other Stories, 2016
- Hitting Send: Taking a short story from draft to market, WQ Online, 2016
- Pudding, Writers Bloc, 2016
- Caius Atlas, Griffith Review, Ed. 51, 2016
- Pudding, The Big Issue Fiction Edition, 2015
- Replica, Prizing Diversity, Thames and Hudson, 2015
- Love, Listen, Yen Mag Short Story Prize Runner-up, 2015
- The Elements, Kill Your Darlings, 2014
Awards
- Runner-up, Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize, 2019
- Shortlist, Peter Carey Short Story Award, 2019
- Winner, Fair Australia Prize for Fiction, 2018
- Recipient, Queensland Writers Fellowship, 2018
- Recipient, Australia Council grant, 2018, 2019
- Finalist, Queensland Literary Awards, 2018
- Winner, Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, 2018
- Winner, Margaret River Short Story Prize, 2017
- Recipient, Varuna Fellowships, 2017 and 2018
- Recipient, Griffith Review Fellowship for Queensland Writing, 2017
- Shortlist, Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize, 2016
- Shortlist, Queensland Literary Awards, Emerging Writer category, 2016
- Third place, Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, 2016
- Shortlist, Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, 2015
- Shortlist, Margaret River Short Story Prize, 2016
- Recipient, QUT Creative Writing Fellowship, 2016
- Shortlist, Overland NUW Fair Australia Prize, 2015
- Shortlist, Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize, 2016, 2014, 2013
- Winner, Griffith University Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize, 2013