admin, Author at Night Parrot Press

On Friday 11 April 2025 at The Lane Bookshop, Rashida Murphy and Karleah Olson were announced as the winners of the Double-Take Novelette Award for their manuscripts Old Ghosts and Bloodwood, respectively.

We were absolutely thrilled to recognise their talents and their fearless narratives.

Night Parrot Press created the Double-Take Novelette Award to celebrate new stories in an under-recognised form in Australian publishing. In 2024 we successfully raised funds to cover author prize money and pre-production costs. Unfortunately, we were unable to secure state government funding at the end of 2024 that would have covered costs to produce, print and distribute the work of the two novelette winners.

But this news isn’t going to stop us, because we are committed to publishing literature that doesn’t fit into mainstream publishing models.

We have a dynamic publishing concept in mind, and your support can make it happen. Not only will your commitment give two Western Australian writers – Rashida Murphy and Karleah Olson – the opportunity to have their stories published as a book, but it will also let the broader community know that the writing community supports new forms of writing and bold approaches that don’t rely on traditional models and expectations.

You can donate by clicking the link which will take you to the NPP donation page on the Australian Cultural Fund website (will open in a new window).

DONATE NOW

We welcome any donation, whatever the amount. All donations over $2 are tax-deductible.

Thank you for your continued support of Night Parrot Press and projects like these that allow both emerging and established writers the opportunity to experiment and challenge themselves with unconventional forms and to reach new audiences.

CryBaby

Mabel Gibson

‘I was born a human storm. Emotionally charged from my very first breath of warm September air.’

CryBaby is an incredibly generous and authentic collection of micro memoir that offers a way to honour the layers of our younger selves. Mabel writes people and places that are equally vivid, and grief that is penetrating and honest.
–Kathryn Glendhill-Tucker

Buy it here

the little journal

Spring | 24 Speculative Fiction

Thirty speculative fictions by 30 WA writers, each 750 words or less. The stories in this issue thrill, terrify, uplift, and mesmerise, encapsulating the hope, wonder and dark side of humanity.

This volume, published by Writing WA in collaboration with Night Parrot Press, is proudly supported by Edith Cowan University and Raine Square.

Buy it here

Ourselves: 100 Micro Memoirs

The first collection of micro memoir published in Australia.

In 750 words or fewer, these 100 carefully crafted stories invite the reader into the histories we often edit—or don’t tell—about ourselves.

One hundred authors give voice to the raw, chaotic and joyful spectrum of what it means to be human. Each micro memoir is unique in its scope, but the collection resonates with threads of shared experience across cultures and generations.

Buy it here

Three Can Keep a Secret

Flash Fiction by Western Australian Writers

Playful and reflective, comic and raw, the collection explores human relationships, grief, vulnerability and celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary.