Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.Call for submissions
Closing date: 30 September 2020
Please submit up to six original, unpublished tanka (only one will be selected) in the body of your email to
For subscription information:
https://juliethorndyke.com/eucalypt-a-tanka-journal/
For information about the tanka form please refer to:
http://www.eucalypt.info/
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Short story set in the pandemic
Closing date: 31 October 2020
Usual competition rules apply.
Either send cheque made out to Wyong Writers to:
204 Durren Rd,
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Closing date: 27 September 2020
Stringybark Publishing is proud to sponsor its new award, The Stringybark ‘Times Past’ 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 1500 word (max) story that will excite the judges.
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Entries for the FAW NSW Hilarie Lindsay poetry competition for School Students closed at midnight, Monday 31st August 2020.
Thank you to all those students who submitted their poems for this competition, and thank you to their teachers, parents and guardians for facilitating the entry process.
Shortlisting and judging are now under way.
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Entries for the FAW NSW Jean Stone Poetry Award closed at midnight, Monday 31st August 2020.
Thank you to all those who submitted their poems for this competition.
Shortlisting and judging are now under way.
Announcement of the winner and presentation of the prize normally occurs at the annual FAW Awards Lunch in November,
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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 prize of $1,000 and second $500.
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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.
Entry fee $10 per story.
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Closing date: Friday 13 November 2020
This competition is open to writers of all ages and experience.
Each submission must be no more than 1,500 words and follow the theme “Isolation”. It will need to make a reference to alcohol and/or drugs. There is a limit of three entries per person,
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Closing date: 30th October 2020
Short stories up to 2000 words on any topic.
1st prize $300
2nd prize $150
3rd prize $50
2 x $25 most highly commended prizes.
Plus $50 Reader’s Choice Award.
Entry fee $10 for the first entry;
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Closing date: 16 August 2020
Entries are open for the 2020 Ballina Region for Refugees Seeking Asylum Poetry Prize. This year’s theme is ‘Holding Patterns’.
Don’t miss your chance to win one of three cash prizes worth a total of $500 and be published in @VerityLa.
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Closing date: September 1, 2020
Sunspot Literary Journal amplifies multinational voices. Editor’s Prize of $50 for the annual edition, and artwork selected for a cover will be paid $20. Visit SunspotLit.com to download digital editions for free.
All types of prose from flash fiction and poetry to stories and essays,
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Closing date: 5 July 2020
The Writing NSW Varuna Fellowships are awarded annually to writers who have a work of fiction, creative non-fiction, a play, or a suite of poems that is ready for the next stage of development.
Winners receive a week-long residency at
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Closing date: 17 July 2020
After a stimulating first year applications for a residency at The Old School Mt Wilson (pictured) are now open for November 2020 to June 2021, closing on 17th July at 5pm.
Mt Wilson is a secluded village situated within the world heritage Blue Mountains National Park;
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Closing date: 20th May 2020
Theme: ‘Inspiration’
Genre: Fiction
Length: 1000 – 2000 words
Entry: Free.
The winner will be named the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writer of 2020 and the winning story will be recorded as an audiobook by multi-award winning and best-selling Austen narrator,
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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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