Barry Lee Thompson

  • American Writers Review 2026: Submit Your Work Now ðŸ“š

    American Writers Review 2026: Submit Your Work Now ðŸ“š

    I’m thrilled to be a team member on this year’s issue of American Writers Review from San Fedele Press. I really enjoyed judging last year’s AWR literary contest with Elwood Writers and am grateful for the opportunity to spend some time on the editorial side of the fence again. The journal is now seeking submissions…

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  • The story behind ‘Broken Rules’

    The story behind ‘Broken Rules’

    I heard a delightfully subversive lyric on community radio the other morning. Something like: I’m going to come to your house in the middle of the night and put a cigarette in your baby’s mouth. It got me thinking about a childhood event. My brother, a generation older than me, used to describe an occasion…

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  • The story behind ‘Fragrant’

    During one of my fellowship meetings with Carol Major at Varuna in 2016, it was suggested that I could write a brand new story, an upbeat tale to balance the overall tone of the sixteen existing stories in my collection Broken Rules. I rose to the challenge, and decided to write a personification of joy.…

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  • Change & Place | Radio Stories

    I’m thrilled to have work included in the latest Elwood Writers special edition of Cover to Cover for Vision Australia Radio — including ‘Fragrant’, one of the seventeen stories in Broken Rules & Other Stories (published by Transit Lounge). The program is all about change and place, and features a selection of Helen’s poetry, and…

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  • The story behind ‘Playful Arrangements’

    The story behind ‘Playful Arrangements’

    The seventh story in Broken Rules and Other Stories (Transit Lounge) is one of my personal favourites in terms of mood and atmosphere. An early version appeared in the Spring/Summer 2015 issue of Roomers magazine, where the theme was Music. I just had a cursory read of the opening and ending of both versions, and…

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