The Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) literary awards were announced last Sunday on the last day of the ‘Lost Homelands’ exhibition.
Commemorating the centennial of the Asia Minor Catastrophe and dedicated to all people’s loss of homeland and their search for a new existence, the event was attended by Greek Australian community members and friends of the literary arts.
In a packed room at Steps Gallery on Lygon St., Carlton, president of GACL Cathy Alexopoulos OAM announced the winners of the bilingual competition for 2022 as selected by the panel of judges consisting of coordinator Ms Alexopoulos and GACL members Dr Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis (Academic – ACU, UWA; Honorary Research Fellow – UWA), Konstantinos Kalymnios (Lawyer, Writer, Columnist) and Maria Papageorgiou-Foroudi (Lawyer, Author, Editor).
The poetry and short story winners in both Greek and English received a monetary award while their submissions were published in the 68th edition of the Antipodes periodical. The rest of the contestants received an acknowledgement and were gifted books.
The 2022 GACL Literary awards winners:
Poetry in Greek
The voice of nature – Dimitrakis Ioannou
Short story in Greek
1st prize: Every photo a story – Niki Farfara Pashou
2nd prize: The lace curtains – Heidi Serafimidou
3rd prize: The big secret – Christina Iatrou-Sitaridi
Honours: The miracle of life – Nikolaos Makridis
Poetry in English
1st Prize: Ode to Epidaurus – Margaret Kastoulis
2nd Prize: Unfettered – Chrisoula Papadopoulos Papas
3rd Prize: Fruit was a language she knew – Fotoula Reynalds
Short Story in English
1st Prize: Full Circle- Chris Papachristos
2nd Prize Hermes, Pythagoras and my Mother- Nikos Andreopoulos
3rd Prize: Colour – John Vithoulkas
