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 …
On behalf of The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Closing date 30 September 2018. Calling emerging children’s authors and illustrators. The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship will give an emerging author or illustrator creative time away from home in Adelaide for …
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 …
Closing date: 01 July 2019 The Blend’s publisher Altair Australia Pty Ltd, a small press anthology publisher, accepts stories that challenge either the way we see ourselves in the future, or how the world is represented in the future. This …
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 …
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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Closing date: 30 April 2019 For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words. First prize: $300-$500 (depending on number of entries), second prize: $100. No entry form is required. Include a cover sheet with your name and address, …
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Closing date: 30 April 2021 The Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award is currently taking submissions for a work of fiction or non-fiction up to 3000 words. Prize: $500. 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of The Burbidge Prize, which will be presented as part …
Short stories up to 2000 words on any topic. Closing date 30 September 2017. $1100 in prize money: 1st: $500 – Port Stephens Council Award 2nd: $300 – Club Lemon Tree Award 3rd: $150 – News of the Area Award …
Alison Ferguson Dearest Daughter is the second of three in The Sisters’ Saga, which tells of three sisters and the compromises they must make to reconcile love’s delusions with the demands of reality. In this short historical fiction novel, the lives of the …
Closing date: 30 September 2022 The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship was established to support emerging children’s authors and illustrators who explore Australian voices and themes. The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust provides the successful applicant with accommodation, local support, and …
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Closing date Monday 03 December 2018 Australian Book Reviewwelcomes entries in the fifteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize,one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. Entry is open to all poets until midnight 3 December 2018. Total Prize value …
Closing date: Sunday, 15 April 2018 Australia’s richest undergraduate creative writing award. Presented by the Emerging Writers’ Festival, The Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing will award $4000 to an undergraduate or honours student for the best work of …
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Closing date 18 September 2023 The Jugiong Writers Festival is excited to, once again, announce its Short Story and Poetry competitions and invite you to submit your entries. Total prize money has increased to $2,000 thanks to the Bragg and Robb …
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The Society of Women Writers NSW Christmas Celebration Be part of this celebration to wrap up the year of our 90th Anniversary with: Liz Taylor – From Fishnets to Funerals. Celebrate Christmas on December 9 at the SWW Luncheon where entertainer …
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Closing date: 14 April 2019 The Monologue Adventure is an interdisciplinary project combining literary arts, performance art and the writing community. The organisers invite all women writers to submit up to three unpublished monologues, which will be performed in rehearsed …