FAW State & Branch sponsored and Third Party Literary Competitions.
Closing date: 31st July 2026 The 2026 Alice Sinclair Memorial Writing Competition, administered by the Lake Macquarie Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (LMFAW), is open for entries from Friday 29th May to Friday 31st July 2026. The competition …
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44th National Cherry Festival Entries open June 1, 2026 Entries close September 18, 2026 ENTRY FEE for Adult Sections $10 per entry or 4 entries for $30 Entry form is required – download from the Lambing Flat FAW website lambingflatwriters.wordpress.com/competition Email for fillable form to OR …
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The 2025 Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition for Australian School Students This year we awarded our first ever Certificate of Excellence. The student was Yunha Back from Kent Road public school. You can read Yunha’s story here. WINNERS: Junior Primary A – …
Swinging Gates Catherine McElroy From the clothesline, Megan watches a distant cloud of dust. A car approaches along the gravel road that borders the farm. Not many people have cause to pass along this road: a car seen out here …
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Let This Place Speak Susan Temby This is Catherine, Cat for short, talking to her father Ferg, Fergus Fraser. A clever man, witty, generous, self-educated. He died not long after this conversation. Let him speak. Let this place speak. Let …
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Song of The Depression Helen Harvey The wool demand has fallen and it’s much the same for wheat – the country-side is ringing with the sound of tramping feet.In sombre solitude we wander as we wonder why our land is so …
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Where the sound of light exists Yunha Back Nobody noticed the boy with the violin. Every afternoon, like clockwork, he settled at the very edge of the city square-just where the sunlight began to fade and shadows stretched like whispers …
Entries for the Seniors Card Short Story Competition Vol.12 closed at 6.00 pm Thursday 14 May 2026. Thank you to all those who submitted their stories. They are in the process of judging and, if your story is selected for …
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Closing date 15 July 2026 The 2026 E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition, administered by Family History ACT (FHACT), is now open to receive entries, with a closing date of 15 July 2026. All information about how to enter, including Terms and …
Closing date 31 March 2026 Call For Submissions Eucalypt: a tanka journal Please submit up to six original, unpublished tanka in the body of your email to Paste your tanka into the body of the email, together with your …
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Opening date for entries: Thursday 2nd April 2026Entries close: 6pm Thursday 14th May 2026 Terms and Conditions Any queries please contact.Fellowship of Australian Writers New South Wales Inc. on 0413 285 431.
AUTUMN 2026 Entries close 30 April 2026 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 the ‘Wild Thoughts’ website for …
Di Bates, editor and publisher of Buzz Words magazine for people connected with the Children’s Book industry, says: “I am collecting stories from teachers all around Australia about their teaching lives for a proposed anthology titled Teacher, Teacher. I know many publishers (I’ve …
TERMS & CONDITIONS (Failure to comply with the following conditions will result in disqualification without refund). THE AWARDPRIZE: $500 The Prize winner will be invited to attend the Awards Luncheon in May 2027. Cate Plink8/15-21 Gosford AvenueThe Entrance NSW 2261Or …
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ENTRIES CLOSE at 6pm Monday 31st August 2026 Please read the Conditions of Entry before submitting your poem. Entry Fee $15.00 per entry. Entries are to be submitted and paid for online, using a secure credit card payment system via the …
TERMS & CONDITIONS Entries are sought in the following categories: SECTION 1: Years 11 & 12 (max lines 60) Prize $125 SECTION 2: Years 9 & 10 (max lines 50) Prize $100 SECTION 3: Years 7 & 8 (max lines …