About Rebekah Clarkson
Rebekah Clarkson is a writer who lives on Peramangk land in the Adelaide hills. Her short stories have been recognised in major awards in Australia and overseas.
Her writing has appeared in publications across the UK, Europe and America, as well as in Australia.
She is the author of Barking Dogs (Simon & Schuster), a critically acclaimed short story cycle set in Mount Barker, South Australia. She is co-editor of This is What it Feels Like (Recent Work Press), a collection of interweaving stories by five diverse voices, exploring identity in all its multiplicity.
Rebekah is a sought-after mentor, teacher, workshop facilitator and speaker.
- Honourable mention in the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize, 2025
- Shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award, 2024
- Third prize in the Henry Handel Richardson Writing Competition, judged by Helen Garner, 2014
- Shortlisted for the Carmel Bird Award, 2014
- Highly Commended for the David Harold Tribe Fiction Prize, 2014
- Winner of the Readers’ Choice Award in the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, 2013
- Runner-up in the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, judged by David Malouf, 2013
- Shortlisted for the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize, Ireland, 2013
- Finalist for the Glimmer Train December 2013 Fiction Open, U.S.A, 2013
- Shortlisted for the Alan Marshall Short Story Award, 2013
- Runner-up for the Wet Ink/CAL Short Story Prize, judged by Robert Drewe, 2012
- Runner-up for The Adelaide Review Short Story Competition, judged by JM Coetzee and Brian Castro, 2009
- Winner and Runner-up of the HQ Magazine/Varuna Short Story Competition, judged by Frank Moorehouse, Jane Palfreyman, Alex Craig and Peter Bishop, 2002
- Recipient of Country Arts SA, Quick Response Grant, 2025
- Recipient of Australia Council for the Arts, Career Development grant for Individuals, 2018
- Recipient of Arts SA Independent Makers and Presenters program, Project grant, 2017
- Recipient of Arts SA Independent Makers and Presenters program, 2016
- Recipient of Copyright Agency Creative Industries Career Fund, 2010, 2011, 2014
- Awarded a Varuna Fellowship Writing Retreat, 2011
- Recipient of the Arts SA Independent Makers and Presenters program, 2014



