Rosanne Dingli

Summary

With more than 20 books of fiction, a fair number of awards and accolades, and a quarter-century of publishing experience, Rosanne Dingli now enjoys mentoring and public speaking in between creating her regular releases.

Biography

Rosanne Dingli has authored more than 20 books of fiction and has published successfully since 1985, working with academic, traditional, independent, local government, and commercial publishers. Her short works have appeared in more than 200 journals, magazines, supplements, and anthologies in Australia and overseas. She has lectured and taught writing and English, and held a number of salaried editorial and educational roles, as well as working as journalist, columnist, feature writer, and manuscript assessor for a university press. Retired from teaching in 2009 to write full time, she now has an annual circuit of talks and workshops, which are popular and well-attended. She runs Yellow Teapot Books, a cooperative of like-minded Australian authors who like to retain control over their indie publications.

Relevant qualifications

EDUCATION

Diploma in Fine Arts
Diploma in History of Art and Architecture
Polytechnic College, Malta
(now Royal University of Malta)
Achieved 1973/74

Master of Written English
Brain Bench Online Qualifications
Achieved July 2000

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Attended more than 25 certificated professional sessions and workshops in
Technology in Education
Language Specialty Education
Editing
Writing
Teaching
achieved between 2005 and 2009.

Recent experience

Regular workshop facilitator at FORAC, Rockingham and Words in the Valley, Bridgetown
Talks and workshops delivered to:
Silverchain Bridgetown - -Guest speaker
Words in the Valley - -Workshop facilitator
Mens Sheds - -Guest speaker
Soroptimists International - -Guest speaker
CWA - Guest speaker
Society of Women Writers - -Workshop facilitator, Judge, Guest speaker
Cockburn Libraries - Workshop facilitator
Armadale Writers Group - - Guest speaker, Workshop facilitator
Gosnells Writers Group - - Guest speaker, Judge, Workshop facilitator
and many more

AWARDS and Accolades
• Society of Women Writers VIC 2024 The Woman Who Loved Noah: Short story Shortlisted
• Fremantle Press TAG Hungerford Prize 2024 Chance and Necessity: Novel Longlisted
• Junoberry Books Anthology Competition [USA] 2023 Midnight on the Water: Short story Runner-up
• Rockingham Writers Centre Prize 2023 Minnie’s Little Owl: Short story First prize
• Rockingham Writers Centre Prize 2023 Priestess of the Mayan Moon: Short story Third Prize
• KSP Spooky Story Award 2023 Third Island: Short story Shortlisted
• Mundaring Poetry competition 2022 Ngoolyak: Poem Honourable mention
• Rhonda Parrish Prize [USA] Fenella Proust: Novella Shortlisted
• Rockingham Writers Centre Prize 2022 The Green Parrot: Short story Second Prize
• Armadale Short Fiction Award 2022 Counterparts: Short story Shortlisted
• The Best Australian Yarn 2022 Made in France: Short story Top 50 Finalist
• VOCAL Online 2022 – Owl competition Pictures taken with a Box Camera: Short story Runner-up
• Newcastle Short Story Prize 2022 Friday: Short story Anthology finalist
• Djillong Competition Geelong Writers Vertical Hold" Short story Shortlisted
• Northern Beaches WG Competition 2022 Agonis flexuosa: Short story Joint second prize
• Mundaring Library / KSP Poetry Competition 2021 Flood Delusion: Poem first prize
• City of Rockingham 2021 Young Franz: Short story Winner – Local Residents Award
• KSP Foundation 2019 The Impatience of the Bold: Short story Fiction winner and overall winner for commemorative anthology on the life of Katherine Susannah Prichard
• City of Rockingham Culture Awards 2018 True Crime: Short story Commended
• FAWWA Lyndal Hadow Award 2017 The Good Earth: short story Very Highly Commended
• Peter Cowan Writers Centre Patron's Prize 2013 - Waterhen: poem Judge's Encouragement Award
• UKA Golden Egg - UK Authors Weekly Challenge, May 2011 Bishop: poem First prize.
• Tom Howard Mystery Award 1998 - He Kept Souvenirs: short story Most highly commended
• Manuel Gelman Award Melbourne 1998 - The woman who loved Moses: short story Commended
• FAWWA Lyndal Hadow Award, 1998 The Funeral of a Bishop: short story Very highly commended
• FAWWA Lyndal Haddow Award, 1998 Walking into the sea: short story First Prize
• Tom Collins Poetry Prize WA 1998 Camel Driver: poem Very highly commended
• Tasmanian FAW Awards 1987 - Cacti: short story Commended
• Patricia Hackett Prize 'Westerly' 1995 - The Pomegranate Tree: short story First Prize
• Springvale Awards Victoria 1994 - A Great Intimacy: short story First Prize
• Papyrus Publishing Awards, NSW 1994 - Strange Things, short story: second prize
• Kwinana/Westwrite Prize WA 1993 - Eating the Anniversary Moon: short story First Prize
• Let's Write Competition, Victoria 1993 - Dancing Words: short story Highly commended
• FAW Tasmania Henry Savery Award 1993 - Smoke: short story Highly commended
• Caulfield Festival Competition, Victoria 1993 - Stromboli: short story Shortlisted
• FAWWA, Donald Stuart Awards 1993 - The Summer Man, short story: commended
• Alexandra Hasluck National Fiction Award 1992 - The Book of Whys: short story Second prize.
• Bronze Quill, Society of Women Writers, WA 1991 - Asphodel: poem Highly commended
• FAWWA Awards 1991 - Marianna's Version: short story Highly commended
• Manly Bicentennial Awards NSW 1988 - Hook: poem Highly commended