{{Short description|2014 collection of short fiction by Maxine Beneba Clarke}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox book | italic title = <!--(see above)--> | name = Foreign Soil | image = Foreign Soil.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | author = Maxine Beneba Clarke | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = Allison Colpoys | country = Australia | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = | set_in = | publisher = Hachette | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | published = 2014 | media_type = | pages = 272 | awards = {{plainlist| * Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award * ABIA for Best Literary Fiction * Indie Award for Best Debut Fiction }} | isbn = 9780733632426 | isbn_note = | oclc = 931590129 | dewey = 823.914 | congress = PR9619.3.C46 | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} '''Foreign Soil''' is a collection of short fiction by Maxine Beneba Clarke published in 2014 by Hachette. It won the 2013 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award,<ref name="smh2014">{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/maxine-beneba-clarke-20140430-37iro.html|title=Maxine Beneba Clarke|last=Sullivan|first=Jane|date=3 May 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US|issn=0312-6315}}</ref> the 2015 ABIA for Best Literary Fiction,<ref name="ABIA2015">{{Cite web |title=2015 ABIA Winners |url=http://abiawards.com.au/general/2015-abia-winners/ |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=ABIA Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> the 2015 Indie Award for Best Debut Fiction,<ref name="indie2015">{{Cite web |title=Indie Book Awards |url=https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/2015-winners |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=Indie Book Awards}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the 2015 Stella Prize.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2015-prize/foreign-soil/|title=Foreign Soil|work=Stella Prize|access-date=6 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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