Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia
Closing date extended from 1 June to 1 JULY
The Stuart Hadow Prize is an annual short story competition run by FAWWA in honour of WA writers Lyndall Hadow and Donald Stuart. Each year, the contest attracts high quality entries from around Australia.
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Closing date: 13 May 2020
Stringybark Publishing is proud to sponsor its new award, The Stringybark Stories ‘Tales with a Twist’ Short Story Award 2020. Clean the spilt coffee out of your keyboard (or sharpen your goose quill — whichever is more appropriate) and start writing a
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Closing date: 6 July 2020
The 2020 ACU Prize for Poetry will be awarded for outstanding poetry with the theme GENEROSITY, reflecting on Katerina Stoykova Klemer’s supposition, “If the truth doesn’t set you free, generosity of spirit will.”
The prize recognises and supports the importance of poetry in Australian culture and the part it can play in the spiritual life of both those writing it and those reading it.
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Closing date: 15 September 2020
Can you write a blurb for a hypothetical book?
This writing contest is all about book blurbs. The twist? The organiser wants blurbs about completely made-up, non-existent books. Get creative!
Write and submit a back cover blurb of
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Closing date: 30 April 2020
Sisters in Crime Australia’s 20th Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books by Australian women are now open. Publishers have until Thursday 30 April to enter. Self-published books are eligible. Books co-authored or edited by men are not.
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Closing date: 27 April 2020
Sutherland FAW Picture Book Writing Competition 2020 (in conjunction with Writers Unleashed Sutherland Shire Writers Festival).
ADULT OPEN THEME – $15.00 per entry
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Closing date: 30 June 2020
The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards is Australia’s largest and oldest poetry competition for school students.
2020 OPTIONAL THEME: “WE USED TO LIVE THERE”
This year, the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society has chosen the theme “We Used to Live There.”
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CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
Before submitting your entry, please make payment as detailed below and take note of your receipt number as it will be required to complete the entry form.
(Failure to comply with the following conditions will result in disqualification without refund).
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Entries are sought in the following categories:
SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 & 12 (max lines 60) Prize $125
SECTION 2: Years 7, 8 & 9 (max lines 40) Prize $90
SECTION 3: Years 5 & 6 (max lines 40) Prize $65
SECTION 4: Year 4 &
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Submissions accepted from noon 01 February 2020
ENTRIES CLOSE noon 30 MARCH 2020
The theme this year is ‘Resilience’.
Please read the Terms & Conditions before submitting your entry:
Having trouble completing this form?
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The Department of Communities and Justice together with the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc (FAW NSW) is conducting an exciting FREE short story writing competition for Seniors Cardholders.
The Prize is publication in their next book, Seniors Stories Volume 6.
THEME: ‘RESILIENCE’
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Closing Date 20 April 2020
Conducted by
Écrire! Words Alike
Open to: 13+ years, targeting new, aspiring and/or young writers.
Theme: A cause you are passionate about.
Word Limit: 5,000–10,000 words. No Entry Fee.
PRIZES include your work formatted into a PDF ebook with a cover design and author bio.
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To display the number of pages, words and characters in a Microsoft® Word document, this information is typically found under either the Tools menu (1); on the Ribbon under the Review tab (2); or in the Status Bar (3) – see below.
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Call for Entries
Closing date: February 14, 2020
Receive greater recognition, monetary prizes, awards and exposure for your books. Enter the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards at www.IndieBookAwards.com.
Calling all indie book authors and publishers – including small presses, mid-size independent publishers,
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Closing date: 31 March 2020 (1700 hours Perth time)
Open to: All. Theme: None
Category: POETRY
Maximum 100 lines.
Category: SHORT STORY
Maximum 4,000 words.
Entry Fee: $8 for 1; $15 for 2; $21 for 3.
Prize: 1st $400;
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Presented by Text Publishing and Writing NSW
Applications close Monday 25 November 2019
Text Publishing and Writing NSW are proud to announce the
2020 Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship.
The mentorship was established in 2019 to discover and
nurture a powerful new Indigenous voice in Australian literature.
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