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Babushka’s Feast

Anya Nielsen

This book is a collection of family recipes enjoyed over the years by friends at Anya’s parties. 

For more information contact Wyong Writers www.wyongwriters.org 

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Lambing Flat Young FAW Writing Competition 2024

In conjunction with the NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL, YOUNG NSW

Closing Date 11 October 2024 

Encouraging Writers since 1982

ADULT OPEN SHORT STORY and POETRY SECTIONS

Word Limit 1,500 Short Story, Poems 50 Lines.
1st Place $200, 2nd Place $75, 3rd Place $25,

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Book Fair Australia, Sydney 2024

Book Fair Australia presents a literary festival of all genres. 

FAW NSW will be attending, please join us.

When: 
02 Nov 2024, 10:00 am AEDT – 03 Nov 2024, 5:00 pm AEDT

Where: 
Exhibition Hall 5,

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Mending Hearts at Crystal Cove

José F Nodar

In this exciting and humorous novel we continue where we left off in Books, Pens, and Larceny

Alicia Vassallo broke Danny Monk’s heart when he asked her to marry him and all she said was; “Well…” 

His best friend Albert Matthew Guzman got him involved in a new hair salon venture in Northport New South Wales but Danny,

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Stories to Share with My Partner Book 5

José F Nodar

A collection of short stories and poems written in 2024 as thoughts and ideas came to me. Writing has become a passion, and that passion has generated over 25 stories and poems in this book that will give the reader an opportunity to spend some time reading to their partner,

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Quick Stories & Poems

José F Nodar

A collection of short stories and poems written in 2024 by thirteen diverse and talented authors from around the world, including Australia. Dive into a captivating world of emotion, imagination, and profound insight with this extraordinary collection of short stories and poetry. Each page invites you on a journey through the depths of human experience,

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Hammond House Publishing [UK] International Literary Prize 2024

Closing date: 30 September 2024

Calling all writers, poets, scriptwriters and songwriters! Why not ENTER the 2024 Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize? Sponsored by the University Centre Grimsby, the RSA and Appleleaf Chartered Certified Accountants, this annual writing competition, now in its eighth year, attracts entries from up to 30 countries around the world.

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Results: The FAW NSW 2023 Ernestine Hill and Rae Cerhan Competitions

The Inaugural 2023 Ernestine Hill Memorial Short Story Competition:

Winner: Rachel Flynn, Fitzroy North, Victoria
Story Title: ‘Griffith’

The 2023 Rae Alison Cerhan Australiana Ballad:

Winner: Nola Vickery
Poem Title: ‘Under Opal Skies’.

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2024 Fiction Factory Short Story Competition (UK)  

Closing date: 31 July 2024

Maximum word count: 3000 
Top Prize £500 plus publication on the Fiction Factory website. 

Fees: £7 (£13 for 2, £18 for 3 stories) 
Optional Critique available! 

For information and submissions, visit: www.fiction-factory.biz/short-story-competition/

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2024 RD Walshe National Writing For The Environment Competition

Closing date 28 June 2024: 

What does the world look like from the perspective of a creek?  What do human behaviours look like through the eyes of cockatoos?

The Sutherland Shire Environment Centre’s 2024 RD Walshe Memorial Writing for the Environment Competition is now open.

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Book Fair Sydney 2024

FAW NSW will be attending, please join us.

Book Fair Australia presents a literary festival of all genres.

WHEN: 
02 Nov 2024, 10:00am AEDT – 03 Nov 2024, 5:00pm AEDT

WHERE:
Exhibition Hall 5, Sydney Showground, 
1 Showground Rd, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 

CONTACTS: 

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Entry Form Seniors Stories Vol 10 2024

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Thank you to all those people who submitted their story. Judging is now under way and you will be advised if successful or not. The best 100 stories will be published in a book titled ‘Seniors Stories Vol.

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Hush Foundation Kindness in Health Writing Prize

Closing date Sunday 31st March 2024

The Hush Foundation invites pieces of up to 1,000 words based on the theme: ‘kindness in healthcare.’
Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $650, with the second prize being $350.

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Fiction Factory Poetry Competition (UK)

Closing date 30 June, 2024

Max length: 40 lines.
Reduced fees for multiple entries.
Top Prize £100. 

The winner will also receive feedback on 5 poems plus a 1 hour-long mentorship zoom call with our judge, poet and author Helen Cox.

Results announced August,

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Scribes Writers ‘Poetic Licence’ Open Poetry Competition 2024

Closing date 30 June 2024

Style: Bush Verse
Theme: Open.  Line count 60 maximum (excluding title)
Prizes: 1st $200, 2nd $100
Highly Commended and Commended Certificates at the judge’s discretion. 

Entry fee: $10. Entry via email or post. Please note all postal entries must be postmarked on or before closing date (30 June 2024).

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Final Flight of the Ranegr

Craig Cooper 

Three friends, lost in space, captured by a captain with conquest on his mind, drifting aimlessly toward an ancient mystery lurking in the cosmos. 

A deepening crisis aboard a deep-space colonisation vessel has forced most of its crew to evacuate to the nearest planet.

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