The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists awards turn 20

By Susan Wyndham
Updated May 19 2016 - 10:23am, first published May 14 2016 - 12:00am
The 2016 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists, Murray Middleton and Abigail Ulman. Photo: Eddie Jim
The 2016 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists, Murray Middleton and Abigail Ulman. Photo: Eddie Jim

Let's say it up front: neither of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists for 2016 has published a novel. Abigail Ulman and Murray Middleton were chosen for their debut books, which are both superb collections of short stories. This is a first in the 20 years of the awards, though short stories have been increasingly prominent.

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