2026 Amy Award Shortlist | Alison Wearing — Alison Wearing

Congratulations to our shortlisted writers!

You may read the stories by clicking on their titles.

⭐️ Cast your vote in the People’s Choice Award HERE. ⭐️

In the lead up to the announcement of the winner(s) on October 26, Alison will be featuring each of these writers and the ‘origin story’ of their writing on her social media channels.
You may read these on Facebook or Instagram.

THE 2026 AMY AWARD SHORTLIST

Sarah Baldwin - Worksheet on the Conditional Mood

Joselyn Busato - Fawn Spots

Lori Crymson - Where Has She Gone?

Fiona Gibson - Malevolent Stoat

Lleyton Kane - Stimulus

Janet LaVasseur - Crow Medicine

MJ Malleck - Amazon Warriors

JJ pena - fragments from when you disappeared

Jennifer Robinson - Field Guide to Melissas

Marcell Shehwaro - How to Smuggle a Christmas Tree When You Are on Daesh’s Hit List?

Sari Tudiver - Transgression

⭐️ Cast your vote in the People’s Choice Award HERE. ⭐️