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shortlist announced on friday 31 october (halloween) 2025
FINAL STORY ACCEPTANCES ANNOUNCED 7 NOVEMBER 2025

1231 PUBLISHING PRESENTS
AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY

STORIES OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE
THE LONG-AWAITED VOLUME 4 OF THE AUSTRALIAN PEN COLLECTION

All writers should be paid for their work.
Payment is $AUD10 per accepted story and a copy of the paperback.
The Australian Pen volumes also give authors the opportunity to earn through self-sales, should they wish to.

WHO IS ON THE LONGLIST?

Broken Locks, Broken Hearts by Jodie Lane

Chatsworth House by A J R Fraser

Come Back to Me by R A Purtill

Ella by Ryan Alcock

Experimental World by Margaret Dakin

In Love and War by Greg Peake

Kitsune’s Tale by Nyssa Baschel

Lost Time by Evelyn Caster

Mr and Mrs Platt by Greg Peake

Pegasus by Margaret Dakin

Plenty More Fish in the Sea by M A Maclean

Solstice by T J Jenkinson

The Moors by A J R Fraser

Ubuntu by Linda Conlon

Whispering Walls by J H Nelson

Wick by Charlie Silver

Wings in the Shadows by Fiona Emily