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CROSS GENRE CONTENT

Sharon's work spans genres and is frequently celebrated for being engaging, satirical, and philosophical. She refuses to limit herself to a certain style or market and prefers artistic freedom over commercial branding.

Short Stories

Bairro Portugues

Finalist Hemingway Shorts

Legacy of the Female Factory

Treatise on Morality

L’appel du Vide

Dead End

Published in Fall

The Foundations of Existentialism and the Metaphysics of Morals

Published in Chaleur Magazine

The Creator

Published in Open Thought Vortex

Photo: Road Trip with Raj

Salted Caramels

Published in Antithesis Journal

First World Dilemma

Published in Sloth: Pure Slush

Driftwood

Published in 101 Words

Films

Sharon, a dual AFTRS graduate, has produced, written and directed award-winning films that have appeared in national and international festivals.

Films

Clowns Anonymous

Winner Goulburn Show Reel Film Festival Special mention London World-Wide Short Comedy Film Festival

Awarded in the Canada Shorts Film Festival

Core of My Heart

Finalist Shortstacks Film Festival

State Library of NSW

Words Dorothea Mckellar

Pigeon Games

Director C W Cole

Finalist Benalla Short Film Festival

Finalist Smarthone Flickerfest - Youth Award

Shortlisted Tropfest Junior

The Last Focaccia

Three artistically impaired women can't find an audience and take to performing in their own loungerooms to each other and in rotundas on the weekend.

Photo: Paula Berto

Kramar: A dog's tail

A love story: Will Kramar ever be able to find the love of his life that he met at a dog show.

Flaming Devils

Currently in development

Image: Samuel Regan-Asante

Podcasts

Sharon is actively involved in developing podcasts and radio plays. A huge supporter of the music industry she often promotes musicians and lyricism.

Podcasts

Underground at the Knox Street Bar: Trepan

Sharon, Lee and Caleb interview indie band Trepan on their music, interests and influences.

Art: Sharon Willdin

Underground at the Knox Street Bar: Kat Wyld

Sharon, Lee and Caleb interview electro dream pop artist, Kat Wyld and feature their original music.

Art: Sharon Willdin

Underground at the Knox Street Bar: Leo Abisaab

Sharon and Lee interview neo soul artist, Leo Abisaab and feature their original music and influences.

Art: Sharon Willdin

Koorawatha

Currently in development

Image: Samuel Regan-Asante

Journalism

Below is a section of news articles published on various platforms.

Journalism

Advocating dying with dignity

Ashley Hay interviews Julian Kingma and Andrew Denton at the Sydney Writers' Festival

Photos: Sydney Writers' Festival

TAFE musos rock Knox St Bar

Six talented musical acts from Ultimo TAFE at the Knox Street Bar, Chippendale.

Photo: David Gugliotta

ABC comedy r/evolution

Comedy at the ABC has evolved into a richly seasoned and diversely sanctioned critique of our social norms and cultural institutions.

Featured image: Roger Climpson (left) on the set of Moonshine

Zucker declares enough is enough

Arianne Zucker, who played Nicole Walker on Days of Our Lives takes legal action against Corday Productions.

Featured image: Arianne Zucker on Days of Our Lives

Reviews

A frequent contributor of reviews on major events including Australian theatre, opera, art and dance productions. For full articles visit ArtsHub

Reviews: ArtsHub

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Posts

Very grateful to have won equal first prize in the Banjo Paterson Short Story Award 2026

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Banjo Paterson Short Story Award

Media Release by Orange City Council

Professional Biography

Professional Biography

Sharon Willdin is an innovative award-winning writer, director and producer.

Her narrative prose has been published internationally in the Weekend Australian, Hemingway Shorts, Brooklyn Review, Antithesis Journal, Spineless Wonders, Chicago Literati, Caustic Frolic, Dead Mule, Open Thought Vortex, Chaleur Magazine, Esthetic Apostle, One Last Story, Pure Slush and Dark Ink.

Sharon was a finalist for the Hemingway Shorts Award, Henry Lawson Literary Society Award, Joanne Burns Microlit Award, Woollahra Digital Literary Award and she won the Olga Masters’ Short Story Award and the Banjo Paterson Short Story Award.

She is a frequent contributor to ArtsHub Australia, where she reviews major Australian theatre, opera, and dance productions. Sharon served as the co-convener of the Allsorts Writing Group in partnership with Writing NSW and she has appeared as featured writer at literary events including the Emerging Writer's Festival. Her journalistic contributions can be found at TAFE Media.

Her screenplays have been nominated for the ScreenCraft Film Fund. Core of My Heart, a film Sharon wrote, produced and directed was a finalist in the Shortstacks Short Film Festival.

Clowns Anonymous, a film she wrote and produced, premiered at the Noosa International Film Festival and has since been chosen for screening in international festivals including the Wollongong Film Festival, Short to the Point International Film Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Show Us Your Shorts - Warburton, Mini Cardiff Film Festival and the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The film received a special mention in the London World-Wide Short Comedy Film Festival and was awarded in the Canada Shorts Film Festival. It won best film at the Goulburn Show Reel Film Festival.

Underground at the Knox Street Bar, a podcast series she produced, features four cross-genre musical artists and is available on Spotify.

Her work spans genres and is frequently celebrated for being engaging, satirical, and philosophical. She refuses to limit herself to a certain style or market and prefers artistic freedom over monetary reward.

A COLLECTION OF WORKS

This has been an eclectic selection of various works and stories by

SHARON WILLDIN