Indefinite
Indefinite is a performance art piece that encourages the audience to reflect on their privilege by abstracting absurd aspects of Australia’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as hoarding toilet paper.
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Allen & Unwin Prize
The 2020 Allen and Unwin Writers Prize is a scholarship offered to undergraduate creative writing students by Australia’s leading independent publisher, Allen & Unwin. Gabbi Cramond, Ciaran Grieg and Tom Linkins are the three finalists for the 2020 Prize, and we are proud to publish their works in Issue 3 of Scratch That Magazine.
Watch our interview with the finalists, and read their works below!
Allen & Unwin prize finalists
Read the 2020 finalists’ submissions.
white lines by Gabbi Cramond
Even under the moonlight, the bush somehow felt alive. The green had burnt away, so only bare limbs shuffled in the breeze. With her phone as her only light source, Angie moved forward. She could hear remnants of Margo’s voice in her head daring Angie to turn around. Her footsteps were vanquished by the crowing galahs; they hid in the trees, singing a lullaby.
Close Enough to Lick by Ciaran Greig
She watched as Aaron leant through the window, far enough to topple out. What if his centre of gravity shifted a mere millimetre? Smashed brains and curdled blood spattered all over the drive in the middle of the night. What a mess that would be. Liss sighed from the bed.
The Flaneur by Thomas Linkins
Everybody who’s been to Paris has something to say about it: it’s overrated; it smells like piss; it’s rude, unfriendly, and overpriced. I find that in keeping one’s expectations set to a default low, the world has no choice but to continually exceed them (the antithesis of a hype-girl, I know).
*This work contains explicit sexual content
Student works in performance
Audio dramas by ScratchThat Magazine
False Confidence
You've placed so much faith in God so far, but when will it be time to start putting faith into yourself?
Written & directed by Leelyn Cruddas
Starring Matthew Bengtson
Produced by Jack Bell & Leelyn Cruddas
Audio engineer Stirling Cantley
Technical director/supervising editor Leelyn Cruddas
Audio editing by Lucas Burns & Tom Loudon
Special thanks to Andrea Moor and Rohan Wilson
Artwork by Amber Lee Instagram: @_firescribe
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Hey It's Me
The last thing Jaz wants to do is to think about the life she's trying to leave behind, but everything changes when her new phone seems to be able to make a connection to parts of herself she'd lost belief in.
Written & directed by Maggie Gale
Starring Lucy Heathcote as Jaz, Rachel Nutchey as Emma, Izzy Lamprey as Mrs. Stevenson, and Maggie Gale as Daniel Stevenson
Produced by Jack Bell & Leelyn Cruddas
Audio engineer Stirling Cantley
Technical director/supervising editor Leelyn Cruddas
Audio editing by Lucas Burns & Tom Loudon
Special thanks to Andrea Moor and Rohan Wilson
Artwork by Amber Lee Instagram: @_firescribe
Read more at ScratchThat Magazine
Alone Together
Alone Together is a multidisciplinary response to social, environmental, political and health issues that have been illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disparity in response efforts to the pandemic around the world has heightened awareness of the effects our values and behaviours have on our communities.
Creative Writing students collaborated with fellow graduating students in Dance and Visual Arts.
