Claire Aman

I live in Grafton in northern NSW, where I write fiction. I also run a community writing project called The Long Way Home.

My short story collection, Bird Country, was published by Text in 2017. It’s got sailors, uninvited guests, bridge-jumpers and bird-fanciers. Birds everywhere. Tales of love and loss, friendship and betrayal, happiness and pain was how Text described it. It was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award and the Colin Roderick Award.

My stories have won the Olga Masters, Neilma Sidney, David Harold Tribe, E J Brady, Wet Ink and Hal Porter prizes.  Stories have appeared in Island, Southerly, Australian Short Stories, Griffith Review, Heat, Best Australian Stories, New Australian Stories, Spineless Wonders publications, The Big Issue, Australian Book Review, the Furphy Anthology, and the Newcastle Story Anthology.  Two stories have been short-listed in the Elizabeth Jolley Award.

I’m very happy my story Driving With Goats was highly commended in the 2026 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing. I’m also happy about The Names of the Living being longlisted in the Furphy Prize 2026.

Contact me on claireaman@westnet.com.au

I acknowledge the traditional owners of Bundjalung Country, and pay my respects to elders, past and present.