Australian Literary Quiz #1
Test your knowledge of Australian Literary History… No prizes – just see how many questions you can answer. Expand each question using the + button to see the answer. About the FAW Centenary Book Project.
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Writers NSW Night of Letters 2025
Join Writing NSW for their inaugural Night of Letters fundraising event in support of Australian writers. 6:30pm Thursday October 30, 2025 at Writing NSW, Callan Park, Lilyfield More info: Download Media Release (PDF 246K).
FAW Centenary Book Project
LINKS: The Fellowship of Australian Writers was formed in November 1928 in Sydney and will celebrate its Centenary in November 2028. Early History. To mark the occasion, a Steering Committee, led by FAW State Committee member Kath Berryman, is currently collating …
Call For Submissions: Eucalypt a tanka journal Issue 39
Closing date 30 September 2025. Please submit up to six original, unpublished tanka in the body of your email to Eucalypt editor Julie Thorndyke at Paste your tanka into the body of the email, together with your full name …
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The Best of Times Short Story Competition No 38 (Spring 2024)
Closing Date 31 Oct 2024 Genre: Humorous short stories up to 2,500 words.Prizes for first, second and third place.Certificates for highly commended and commended stories.Entry fee $10 per story. See website for further information: www.bestoftimes.com.au
The Hilarie Lindsay 2024 Poetry Competition is closed
Entries for the 2024 FAW Hilarie Lindsay Poetry Competition for Australian School Students closed at 6:00pm Saturday 31st August. Judging is now under way. Winners in each section will be notified prior to 31st October. There will be no individual …
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The Jean Stone 2024 Poetry Competition is closed
Entries for the 2024 FAW Jean Stone Poetry Competition closed at 6:00pm Saturday 31 August. Judging is now under way. The judge’s report and winner’s name will be emailed to all contestants after 31st October. 2024. Thank you to all …
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The Best of Times Short Story Competition No 37
Number 37 (Autumn 2024) Closing Date 30 April 2024 Genre: Humorous short stories up to 2,500 words. Prizes for first, second and third place. Certificates for highly commended and commended stories. Entry fee A$10 per story. See website for further …
The Best of Times Short Story Competition No 35
Closing Date 30 April 2023 Genre: Humorous short stories up to 2,500 words. Prizes for first, second and third place. Certificates for highly commended and commended stories. All stories that receive a prize or certificate will be published in an …
The BR4R Seeking Asylum Poetry Prize 2022
‘A Turning Point ‘ Closing date extended to 21 August 2022 Proudly supported by the journal Social Alternatives Ballina Region for Refugees (BR4R) invites you to submit up to three poems to this year’s Seeking Asylum Poetry Prize. The BR4R Seeking …
The Climb Back: Poems for Ted
Pip Griffin “Poignant, sensual, spiritual, sorrowful, and funny, Pip Griffin’s latest poetry collection encompasses a life richly lived. This book is a hymn to New Zealand, Pip’s homeland, and a celebration of its landscape, wildlife and the Maori language. But …
The Blake Poetry Prize 2021/2022
Closing date: Monday 15th November 2021 All Australian poets are invited to explore the spiritual and religious in a new work of 100 lines or less. The Blake Prize is an open poetry prize that challenges poets, both national and …
The Good Oil 2021 Writers’ Award
Entries close 12 midnight Sunday 22 August 2021 The Good Oil 2021 Writers’ Award is an initiative of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. The award aims to support and encourage the development of emerging and published writers. The Good Oil’s editorial …
The Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award 2021
Closing date: 20 August 2021 The Department of English at the University of Sydney invites women poets to submit their collection of poems to Australia’s richest poetry prize, the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award. The winning manuscript will be …
The Buzz Words 2020 Short Story Prize
Closing date: 31 October 2020 The Buzz Words Short Story Prize is an annual prize awarded to recognise excellence in short story writing for children. The story must be suitable for readers 8 to 11 years. There is a first …
The Best of Times Short Story Competition: Spring 2020
Closing date: 31 Oct 2020 This competition is run twice per year, in Autumn and Spring. Genre: Humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2,500 words. First prize: $800, second prize: $200. Certificates for third place, highly commended and commended. …
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