Yarra Libraries and the Melbourne Committee of Chinese Literature are proud to announce the winners of the Yarra Literature Prize.

The competition was open to writers in both English and Chinese language from April 19 to August 31, 2021. Thank you to everyone who submitted a piece for consideration, and congratulations to our winners. Keshe Chow was our winner of the English language category for their piece Sitting The Moon, and Yue Qin Zhang won the Chinese language category for their piece Melbourne Lockdown Again.   

You can read the winning pieces at the links below.

English language category winner:
Sitting the Moon by Keshe Chow

Chinese language category winner:
Melbourne Lockdown Again by Yue Qin Zhang