Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.The Not Quite Write Prize challenges writers to break the writing ‘rules’ while still telling a compelling 500-word story.
Participants have 60 hours to write up to 500 words of Flash Fiction in response to two prompts and one anti-prompt.
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FAW Lake Macquarie branch
Closing date: 31 May 2025
Theme: ‘MILESTONES’
There are two categories for this year’s competition:
Entry fee $15 per entry.
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Closing date: 01 June 2025
Entries are open for Australia’s richest prize for a single poem, where Australia’s top and emerging poets compete for $18,750 in prize money, with the first prize winner receiving $10,000. The ACU Prize for Poetry is calling for new poems on the theme of Belonging,
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(Erotic fiction competition)
Closing date: 24 August 2025
Open for submissions until Midnight (end of day) 24 August 2025 AEST.
Prizes:
Total prize pool of AU$1,000 plus a trophy for first place and a range of “spicy” prizes from our sponsors.
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Entries for the 2025 Seniors Stories Competition will be open from 9.00am Sunday 20 April 2025. Please try again after that date.
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GREG MUTTON.
It has been said that our memories are what makes us who we are. So, who are we if we lose all our memories?
Two people wake up not knowing who they are, where they are or how they got there.
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SAL GALLAHER.
Mandy Reid, a successful yet emotionally scarred writer from L.A., returns to her hometown of Lake Haven after the untimely death of a close friend. Reconnecting with old friends, particularly the grieving widow Emma, Mandy gets entangled in the town’s web of dramas and buried secrets.
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DAVID TERELINCK.
A collection of poems that observes and records day-to-day life, and our interaction within nature and the universe. These poems of loss, grief, love, laughter, and hope are infused with small discoveries, insights, and moments of awareness around everyday situations and people,
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ENTRIES CLOSE 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025
Failure to comply with these Conditions will mean disqualification.
* All fields are required.
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Closing date: 31 August 2025
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
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The Annual General Meeting of the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc. is scheduled as follows:
Date:Saturday May 3, 2025Time:Commencing at 10:00am sharpVenue:Royal Automobile Club of Australia
Imperial Service Club (ISC) Room,
89 Macquarie Street, Sydney
All members welcome.
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For Australian School Students
ENTRIES CLOSE at 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025
SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 & 12up to 2500 words Prize $150SECTION 2: Years 7, 8 & 9up to 2500 wordsPrize $125SECTION 3: Years 5 & 6up to 1500 wordsPrize $100SECTION 4: Year 4 &…
For Australian School Students
Closing date: 31 August 2025
Entries are sought in the following categories:
SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 & 12 up to 2500 words Prize $150SECTION 2: Years 7, 8 & 9up to 2500 wordsPrize $125SECTION 3: Years 5 &…
Closing date: 4 July 2025
The Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW has partnered with Country Press by assisting them to conduct a Short Story competition through our member, Greg McFarland (Isolated Writer) as their Representative. There are 49 Country Newspapers involved which are listed below.
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The NSW Dept of Communities and Justice and FAW are conducting a Short Story Competition for NSW Seniors Card and Senior Savers Card holders. The Top 100 stories will be published in Seniors Stories Volume 11. Seniors Card membership, the competition entry and Workshops are FREE.
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