Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.FAW State & Branch sponsored and Third Party Literary Competitions.
Opens: Midday 18 October 2024; Closes: Midnight 20 October 2024 AEDT
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction challenges writers to create an original piece of fiction based on two typical writing prompts plus one anti-prompt. What’s an anti-prompt? It’s a call to break a specific rule of writing.
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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 those people who submitted their poems for consideration.
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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 appraisals.
Thank you to all those students who submitted their poems for consideration.
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Closing date 29 September 2024
Stringybark Stories is proud to announce its 43rd short story competition since 2010. The Stringybark ‘Times Past’ Story Award 2024 is now accepting entries. This is their sixth historical fiction competition exploring Australian history. The requirements for this competition are that your entry must be:
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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
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FLASH FICTION
1st place: ‘Heading Off’ David Brelsford
2nd place: ‘Walking to the Strand’ Thom. James
Highly Commended: ‘The Whisper of Trees’ Dianne Morton
Highly Commended: ‘An Ordinary Day’ Karen Payne
Commended: ‘Voices’ Christabel Strehle
Commended: ‘Farewell Francesca’ Robyn Knibb
PHILIPPA HOLLAND AWARD FOR POETRY
1st Place: ‘Two Canticles’ Colleen Keating
2nd Place: ‘Breathe…’ David Campbell
Highly Commended: ‘ungraspable’ Colleen Keating
Highly Commended: ‘Languid Ribbons’ David Terelinck
Highly Commended: ‘Embarking on a Poet’s Lighthouse Residency’ Ronald Atilano
Highly Commended: ‘Cloud Reading’ Richenda Rudman
Commended: ‘The Human Heart is 73% Water’ David Terelinck
Commended: ‘No Drone’ Ronald Atilano
ALAN RUSSELL AWARD FOR MEMOIR
1st place: ‘Peril Beyond the Moment’ Karen Payne
2nd place: ‘Tough’ Cheryl Lockwood
SHORT STORY
First Place: ‘The Seat at Table Rock’ David Campbell
Second Place: ‘The Gift’ Mike Woodhouse
Highly Commended: ‘Blind Faith’ Gayle Neighbour
Highly Commended: ‘The Driving Lesson’ Ivy Jacqueline Higgs
|Highly Commended: ‘Lunch Meeting’ Tania Park
Commended: ‘The Aroma of Coffee’ David Brelsford
Commended: ‘Children Know Best’ Tania Park
Commended: ‘On Second Thoughts’ Robyn Knibb.
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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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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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Entries close at 6.00pm AEDT Thursday 31 October 2024.
Short story up to 4,000 words
(Failure to comply with the following conditions will result in disqualification without refund).
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Entries close at 6.00pm AEDT Thursday 31 October 2024.
Please read the CONDITIONS before submitting your entry
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Poetry Competition
In appreciation of Rae Alison Cehan for her bequest in 2022.
Entries close at 6.00pm AEDT Thursday 31 October 2024.
(Failure to comply with the following conditions will result in disqualification without refund).
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Entries close at 6.00pm AEDT Thursday 31 October 2024.
Please read the CONDITIONS before submitting your Entry
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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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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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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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Entries for this competition closed at 5.00pm Sunday 2 June 2024.
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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