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Mighty Tales


SIMON ROWE

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I grew up in small town New Zealand and big city Australia when orange Fanta came in glass bottles and AM radio was king. At 21, I shipped off for the rest of the world and for the rest of my life have somehow managed to make a living by writing about it. My articles and photographs have appeared in TIME (Asia), The New York Times, Lonely Planet guidebooks, the South China Morning Post and The Paris Review.  I now call Japan home and blog about my life in a traditional neighborhood here: Seaweed Salad Days.
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Hits and Near Misses

COMMENDED, 2018 BBC World Service, International Playwriting Competition for "The Pearl Diver".
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WINNER, 2017 Hal Porter Short Story Contest for "Crossing The Ditch".
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FINALIST, 2016 Open Road Review Short Story Prize for "Baby Grand".
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​SHORTLISTED, 2016 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for "Baby Grand."
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​​FINALIST, 2016 HollyShorts Film Festival, (Los Angeles, U.S.) for the short screenplay "The Girl From Pearl City."
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SEMI-FINALIST, 2016 Scriptapalooza Short Screenplay Contest (U.S.) for "The Pilgrim."
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SEMI-FINALIST, 2015, Table Read My Screen Play (U.S.) for the short screenplay "The Pilgrim."
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BRONZE PRIZE WINNER, 2015, Hollywood Screenplay Contest, (U.S.) for the short screenplay "The Pilgrim."
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SEMI FINALIST, 2015 HollyShorts Film Festival, (Los Angeles, U.S.) for the short screenplay “The Foonabiki Barbers.”
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LONG LISTED,  2015 The Big Issue Short Fiction Competition,  (Melbourne, Australia) for the “The Hunting Party."
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WINNER, 2014 The Paris Review, Windows on the World competition, (New York. U.S.).
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SEMI FINALIST, 2014 HollyShorts Film Conference, (Los Angeles, U.S.) for the short screenplay “The Pilgrim.”
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WINNER, 2013 Asian Short Film Script Competition, (San Francisco, U.S.) for the short screenplay “Good Night Papa.”
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WINNER, 2007 Gold Award for Travel Journalism, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), (Hong Kong) for the feature story “Tea For Twenty Million" (Discovery magazine, Cathay Pacific Airlines).
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WINNER, STA Travel 1996 Snap Up The World travel photography competition, (Australia).
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