Writing
Stories:
Saturday Morning Meanjin, 2017
Solitary 2nd prize, Write around the Murray 2013, Commended for Best Australian Short Stories, 2011
Fowler’s Bay Winner of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP), 2018, and the Australasian Short Story Festival Prize, 2018, published in Meniscus literary journal, Vol 8, issue 2, 2020
The Renovation Longlisted for the Wollongong Writers Prize, 2019
Binky second place in the Grace Marion Emerging Writers prize and Winner of the Regional Writers Prize, Victorian Writers, 2018
The End of the 80s The Big Issue Summer Edition, 2018
Glory Days ACE anthology for Arresting, Contemporary & Emerging writers, Recent Works Press, 2020
The Romantics Third Prize in the Newcastle Short Story Award & selected to be published in the associated anthology, 2020.
Click play below to listen to Marg read a short extract of her story for the Newcastle Short Story Award…
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Plays:
Bloke, Playlab, Find Out More
‘Bloke is a shining example of why theatre goers should sometimes head out of town.’ ~ The Guardian, Arts and Culture review
If the Truth be Told, Australian Plays, Find Out More
‘Margaret Hickey is a very talented writer with a knack of bringing to life her characters by a combination of astute observation of human truths and foibles and a wonderful ear for the idiosyncrasies of the Australian language.’ ~ David Williamson
Us, La Mama, Find Out More
I Woz Ere, Australian plays, Find Out More
What We Said, Find Out More
‘What We Said is a delicious rumination on contemporary relationships. It is funny and true and heartbreaking. In this play, Hickey bursts through clichés and delivers modern Australia.’ ~ Hannie Rayson
Novels:
Rural Dreams, MidnightSun Publishing, 2020 ~
‘Rural Australia is a dangerously neglected part of our national consciousness – Margaret Hickey populates it with stories that are lively, entertaining and authentic’ ~ Martin Flanagan
Cutters End, Penguin Random House, due for release in September 2021: Read an Extract
Novels:
Rural Dreams, MidnightSun Publishing, 2020 ~ Due for release this year!
‘Rural Australia is a dangerously neglected part of our national consciousness – Margaret Hickey populates it with stories that are lively, entertaining and authentic‘ ~ Martin Flanagan
Hitchhike, a new work coming soon: Read an Extract