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Amanda Scotney

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Australia

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https://mindsshinebright.com/

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Fiction, Poetry, Contemporary

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Amanda Scotney is a writer, poet, independent filmmaker and the Founder of Minds Shine Bright, an arts business that publishes collections of poetry, short stories and scripts featuring established, new and emerging writers and poets. She was born in Hobart, Tasmania and now lives in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Amanda is passionate about promoting the arts and writers and supporting and building creative communities and safe spaces for writers and poets to create and connect with readers. Amanda is the judge of the Minds Shine Bright Writing Competitions.

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	Best of Friday Flash Volume One by J.M. Strother (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lily Mulholland (Goodreads Author), Donald Conrad (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confidence: Minds Shine Bright Anthology 2022 by Minds Shine Bright (Creator), Amanda Scotney (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confidence 2: Minds Shine Bright Anthology 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light and Shadow: Minds Shine Bright International Creative Writing Anthology Seasons 2 2025 (Seasons, #2) by Amanda Scotney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Minds Shine Bright (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miscellaneous Voices (Australian Blog Writing, #1) by Karen Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lily Mulholland (Goodreads Author), Amanda Scotney (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm: Minds Shine Bright (Seasons, #1) by Amanda Scotney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Minds Shine Bright (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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CONFIDENCE 2 Anthology by Minds Shine Bright is coming soon

I'm really looking forward to launching CONFIDENCE 2 anthology by Minds Shine Bright on 21 September. It features stories, poems and a script from forty writers, the winning and commended entries from the Minds Shine Bright Confidence writing competition.

The mood ranges from calm reflection and joyous inspiration to a sense of hopelessness and despair, however in the darkest moments there is the p Read more of this blog post »

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Flesh

by David Szalay

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Table for Two

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Liberation Day

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