Thea Astley. She’s dead, but she’s still winning prizes. That’s how good she is. Yes, Thea Astley’s piece “Hunting the Wild Pineapple” has won the final of the Meanjin Tournament of Books. While I would have loved for my piece to have won the final, I certainly didn’t expect that it would make it so far through the...
Read MoreTom Cho vs Josephine Rowe
My short story “Today on Dr Phil” has scored a narrow victory to win one of the semi-finals in Meanjin’s Tournament of Books! The judge was Melinda Harvey. Look Who’s Morphing has been shortlisted for awards and come close to winning, but never actually won. Can this piece from the book go one better? The piece means a lot to me. I...
Read MoreTom Cho vs Elizabeth Jolley
My piece “Today on Dr Phil” has narrowly won a semi-final in Meanjin’s Tournament of Books! I’ve enjoyed the more public nature of this competition – it’s more fun than waiting on the secret discussions of a judging panel. And it’s especially fun when your judge is First Dog on the...
Read MoreTom Cho vs Katherine Susannah Prichard
Following on from my blog post yesterday, Match One in Meanjin’s Tournament of Books 2012 saw my piece “Today on Dr Phil” pitted against Katherine Susannah Prichard’s “Happiness” (a story that I’ve not read – I thought that I had studied one of her novels in uni but I now realise that I haven’t actually...
Read MorePiece included in Meanjin Tournament of Books 2012
I’m chuffed that my piece “Today on Dr Phil” – from my first book Look Who’s Morphing – has been included in the Meanjin Tournament of Books 2012. As described on the tournament’s web page, the tournament works like this: From next Monday until the end of December we will be pitting Australian short stories against...
Read MoreHow can we reconcile the existence of suffering with the premise of a good and almighty god?
A piece from my second book has been published in the latest issue of Meanjin. This piece addresses the problem that is described in its title: “How can we reconcile the existence of suffering with the premise of a good and almighty god?” Here are some pics of the published piece, which has actually been printed as a colour supplement or...
Read MoreMy story to be published in Meanjin
Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “One of my stories will be published in the March issue of Meanjin. Every story publication is special but this is especially special! #blog / X” One of my stories will be published in the March issue of Meanjin. Every story publication is special but this is especially special!...
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