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 – …
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Closing date 31 March 2026 Call For Submissions Eucalypt: a tanka journal Please submit up to six original, unpublished tanka in the body of your email to Paste your tanka into the body of the email, together with your …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 …
Entries close: 15th May 2026 All categories OPEN THEME Category 1: Flash Fiction Max 500 words. First Prize $150, Second Prize $50 Category 2: Philippa Holland Award for Poetry Includes all forms of poetry except Bush Poetry (see separate Boree …
Entries close: 15th May 2026 First Prize: $100 plus a trophy and certificate. Ballads to be in perfect rhyme and metre with maximum 80 lines and an Australian Bush Theme. Entry Fee: $8 per entry or $30 for 4 entries …
Eastwood-Hills FAW Boree Log Award For Bush Verse 2026 Read more →
ROUND 3: 24-26 JULY 2026 It’s a write-off! Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars in cash prizes & print publication. Then stick around for the Not Quite Write Podcast afterparty, where …
Closing date 1 February 2026 Stringybark Stories is proud to announce its 45th short story competition since 2010. Stringybark Publishing, and authors Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist are proud to sponsor the Stringybark Open Themed Short Story Award 2026. This is the …
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Closing date 14 February 2026 The prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme. The winning entry receives a cash prize of $500, and all finalists’ stories will appear in the Forty South Short …
Closing date 13 February 2026 The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers, is now in its nineteenth year. The organisers aim to honor and celebrate the most exceptional independently published …
For Australian School Students Entries closed at 6.00pm Sunday 31 August 2025 Thank you to all those who entered their story. Results will be notified in due course. Entries were sought in the following categories: SECTION 1: Years 10, 11 …
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ENTRIES CLOSED AT 6:00pm Sunday 31 August 2025 Thank you to all those who entered their story. Results will be notified in due course. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY THE WINNER and shortlisted entries will be notified via email after 31 October. The winner …
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Entries closed at 6.00pm AEDT Friday 31 October 2025. Short story up to 4,000 words (Failure to comply with the following conditions will result in disqualification without refund). 1. The Award is for Short Stories with an Australian Country theme, …