Short Stories
Jo's stories have won the Yeovil Literary Prize and The Wells Literary Prize in the UK; The Banjo Patterson Award, the Katherine Susannah Pritchard Award, and the EJ Brady Award in Australia. They have aired on the BCC and Radio National. Jo's story, Can’t Take the Country out of the Boy, has been optioned for a short film. Her short fiction has been published in The Age newspaper, WetInk, Westerly, and the Momaya Review and has been anthologised in collections below.
Shibboleth and Other Stories
Shibboleth
Jo's story, Shibboleth, won the Margaret River Press Short Story Award for 2016 and is the lead story for the collection, Shibboleth and Other Stories.
In her four-star review of the collection for Books+Publishing, Joanne Shiels singles out the "powerful, artful phrasing of Shibboleth" and praises Margaret River Press’ commitment to showcasing Australian writers. She continues, "Editor Laurie Steed describes the ‘right’ short stories as ones that ‘sear their mark upon one’s soul’. Repeatedly, this collection does that." (Books+Publishing, 26 May 2016)
The Best Australian Stories 2011
Duty of Care
'Kennedy presents her anthology of 31 stories as a Masterclass in short fiction.' - Sydney Morning Herald
'Duty of Care by Jo Riccioni is so well drawn it's hard to read it without the pathos felt by the protagonist lifting from the page and weaving about inside you.' - Overland - Read full review
'...the state of Australian writing deserves a clean bill of health.' - The Sun Herald
The Best Australian Stories 2010
Can’t Take the Country Out of the Boy - 2nd Prize, The Age short-story award
‘There is little to match the pleasurable, exhilarating rush when we know we are in the hands of a writer with authority. Their power is like a kind of charisma – we allow ourselves to be willingly, absolutely persuaded.’ – Cate Kennedy
'A collection to treasure and enjoy'- Sydney Morning Herald - Read full review
