Louise Walton
Louise Walton lives in Australia on NSW's mid-north coast with her husband and three children (and chickens, rabbits and a dog). She loves word play, comedy and Aussie dramedy, and is especially drawn to finding the sweet moments of function within dysfunction.
Published Stories
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My Hero
Magazine: Globe Soup
March 2024 monthly micro winner on the theme of "inspiration"
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Zombie Babe
Magazine: Not Quite Write
Winner April 2025 Prize with anti-prompt: "Don't Kill Your Darlings"
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Twice-Lucky
Magazine: Writing Battle
Winner of Spring 2025 in genre: Apocalyptic Game Show
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The Good Mother
Magazine: Funny Pearls
This poem was longlisted in the 2024 Wergle Flomp Humour Poetry Contest. A throwback to the sleepless baby days...
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Familia Defectus
Magazine: Furphy Literary Award
Shortlisted in the Short Story Furphy Literary Award 2025 and soon to be published in the anthology
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Motel-Day
Magazine: New York City Midnight
Winner of 2024 NYCM Rhyming Story Challenge Aussie ballad about a farmer and his son
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The Whole Mosquito
Magazine: Writer's Playground
Winner of the eleventh Writer's Playground, 2025 - Aussie Dramedy
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Broken Eggs
Magazine: Trash Cat Lit
Shortlisted and published in Best Australian Yarn 2024, reprinted in Trash Cat Lit 2026
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My Gym Instructor is Satan
Magazine: Whimsy
Winner of September 2026 Whimsy contest, showcased on website, to be published in Anthology soon
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Lice-free
Magazine: Furphy Anthology
Shortlisted in Furphy Literary Award, to be published in their 2026 Anthology
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Are you there, Earth?
Magazine: Whimsy
To be published in the upcoming Whimsy Anthology