19
May
The 2021 Adas shortlist
We are excited to announce the shortlisted entrants for the Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose, Poetry and Young Ada Writing Prizes 2021!
Thank you to our wonderful judges who read the stories and poems from young and old to come up with the final shortlists.
The Ada winners will be announced at the Williamstown Literary Festival on Saturday 19 June 2021. This is a free event, and all friends and family are welcome.
Bookings are essential.
Book your tickets.
Congratulations to the shortlisted writers.
The Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize – shortlist
| Pamela Baker | Walking in the Dark |
| Anne Hotta | Frank |
| Frances Collings | Crossing Bridges |
| Penelope Bingham | The Other Jenny |
| Maya Linden | Dust figures |
| James Walton | The Big Gas, 1973 |
| Sam Elkin | Bindoon |
| Zach Pryor | champagne problems |
| Natalie Fraser | The Harder They Fall |
| Diane Williamson | One Hell of a Day |
The Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize – shortlist
| Thuy On | Get Lit |
| Jennifer Harrison | Hawaiian Spangle |
| Gayelene Carbis | You Are Not/Your Poetry |
| Gayelene Carbis | Love Like This |
| Belle Hann | Illumination |
| Suzi Mezei | Sonalis Detour |
| Suzi Mezei | The Whelp |
| Karen Andrews | Changing the Sheets before Lockdown |
| Rosemary Blake | Sparrows |
| Anne Elvey | With Lorenzo Lotto awake in the early hours |
The Young Adas – shortlist
| Cindy Pham | Little Rabbit |
| Likitha Kujala | My Name |
| Rydham Oza | A Foreign Touch |
| Crislin Rosete | A Roll of Film |
| Cathy Le | The Foreign Land |
| Elena Turner | A Kumquat Enterprise |
| Alex Eagles | Snapshots of Time Well Spent |
| Adelaide Umali | Her Story |
| Agrima Ghosh | Crashing Thunder |
| Charlize Miranda | A Woman’s Guide to Staying Alive |
