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James McKenzie Watson

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Photo credit: Will Watson

Novels

Denizen | Coming July 19 2022 (Penguin Random House)

Fellowships

2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship | for Denizen (novel)

2021 KSP Fellowship | for Denizen (novel)

2020 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowships  | Highly Commended for Denizen (novel)

Competitions

Denizen (novel) | 2021 Penguin Literary Prize | Winner

The Visitor | Highly Commended | InkTears Flash Fiction Contest 2018

Twin Suns | Finalist | Newcastle Short Story Award 2018 (appears in anthology)

Palliation | Major Prizewinner | Lane Cove Literary Awards 2017 (appears in anthology)

Westward | Shortlist | Elyne Mitchell Writing Award 2017 (appears in anthology)

Dysphasia | Published in Anthology | Outback Writers' Festival Short Story Competition 2017 (appears in anthology)

Denizen (novel) | Shortlist | Kingdom of Ironfest Author in Residence 2017

Butter Chicken | Major Prizewinner | Grieve Writing Competition 2016 (appears in anthology)

Short Fiction

Dear Mr Clarke | Brave Voices Magazine, Issue #5 | Published December 2019

The Lumbering Pulse | Baby Teeth Journal | Published April 2019

Book Reviews

Ghost Species by James Bradley | Reviewed for Newtown Review of Books

A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull | Reviewed for Newtown Review of Books

Halibut on the Moon by David Vann | Reviewed for Newtown Review of Books

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara | Reviewed for Newtown Review of Books

The Butcherbird Stories by A.S. Patric | Reviewed for Newtown Review of Books

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