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Stephen
McCarthy

Stephen McCarthy is a young writer from Sydney. He won the 2018 Nan Manefield Young Writers’ Award and the Senior Poetry Prize in the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature for his poem, “On the Ellipsis”. He has had works published in the UNSWeetened Literary Journal, including poetry, short stories and non-fiction. His poem "Cabbage-Tree Day Break" was featured on the website of the Society of Classical Poets, while his short story "Hello Llandilo" was published by WestWords in the BAD Western Sydney Crime Writing Anthology for 2023.


Stephen McCarthy is a young writer from Sydney. He won the 2018 Nan Manefield Young Writers’ Award and the Senior Poetry Prize in the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature for his poem, “On the Ellipsis”. He has had works published in the UNSWeetened Literary Journal, including poetry, short stories and non-fiction. His poem "Cabbage-Tree Day Break" was featured on the website of the Society of Classical Poets, while his short story "Hello Llandilo" was published by WestWords in the BAD Western Sydney Crime Writing Anthology for 2023.


Poet's Corner

The Main Road

by Stephen McCarthy
01 Jun 2025

The sky is big, and flecked with clouds ...

Poet's Corner

Faith, Hope and Charity

by Stephen McCarthy
07 Oct 2024

The three of them are sitting low ...

The Arts

Harvest Home

by Stephen McCarthy
04 Aug 2024

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I first visited TMAG in 2018 on a family holiday to Hobart, having previously found inspiration in a couple of mainland Australian paintings for formal poems in the style - or rather, one of the styles - of John Betjeman. As such, I...

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