We are pleased to announce that the winning entries from the 'Watermelon' short story competition are now available for download - 
'Watermelon - Collected Stories' available now (PDF, 3.22MB)
The collected stories contain:
- The winning book cover - Yuyun Huang
- 'Watermelon' by J.B. Ringer
- 'After the melon heist' by Melissa P. Guyan
- 'Old Nick and the little devils' by Andrea Levarre-Waters
- 'Watermelon saga (Nick's story)' by Kathy Sewell
- 'Nick' by Peter Rankin
- 'Untitled' by Linda Lew
- 'Laundromat fatigue' by Nicole Wallace
- Book cover gallery
- Movie poster winner
'Watermelon' was a Manukau Libraries initiative supporting NZ Book Month 2009. The original story appeared in the NZ Listener, June 27, 1987 and author J.B. Ringer states that "'Watermelon' is set in a real place, Waitangi Falls, near Waiuku, where I grew up. The story pieces together a few fragments of adolescent memory. It's over to the reader to decide how real these are."
It is still possible to view the original 'Watermelon' competition rules, read the online short story or view the pdf version.