Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.Closing date: 12 February 2023
Stringybark Stories is proud to announce its 40th short story competition. The Stringybark Open Short Story Award 2023 is now accepting entries.
So 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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Closing date: 19 December 2022
The Goldilocks Zone: USD$200 for Authors and Artists
Inspired by the search for Goldilocks Zone planets, Sunspot Lit is looking for one short story, essay, novel excerpt, artwork, poem, graphic novel, or script that combines excellence with appeal. Literary and genre works accepted;
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Call for Entries
Deadline for entry is February 10, 2023
Over USD$10,000 in Monetary prizes, over 80 categories
The 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors,
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‘A Turning Point ‘
Closing date extended to 21 August 2022
Proudly supported by the journal Social Alternatives
Ballina Region for Refugees (BR4R) invites you to submit up to three poems to this year’s Seeking Asylum Poetry Prize.
The BR4R Seeking Asylum Poetry Prize celebrates the positive contributions that refugees make to our communities.
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Closing date 14 August 2022
Stringybark Stories is proud to announce its 38th short story competition. The Twisted Stringybark Short Story Award 2022 is now accepting entries. 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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Closing date: 31 August 2022
Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, this short story award is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Stories submitted must be on the theme of ‘Courage’ and not exceed the maximum of 1,500 words.
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Closing date: 5 September 2022
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. In 2022, two fellowships are available, with one place reserved for a writer under the age of 30.
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Closing date: 30 September 2022
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship was established to support emerging children’s authors and illustrators who explore Australian voices and themes.
The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust provides the successful applicant with accommodation, local support, and travel to Adelaide providing creative time away from home for 21 nights in March 2023.
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Closing Date 31 October 2022
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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Closing date: 31 October 2022
Entry Fee: $4.40 per entry or 4 entries for $15.00.
Prizes:
First Prize $100.00.
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Closing date: 1st December 2022
The mission is to create a cultural body of work that entertains and informs about green solutions, inspires green behaviour and raises awareness of the necessary transformations towards a sustainable economy.
Eligibility:
Open to all adults (18+) of any nationality,
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As part of its Emerging Writers Programs, the South Coast Writers Centre (SCWC) is excited to announce its 2022-2023 Emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers Mentoring Program.
In 2022 and 2023, SCWC is offering up to sixteen twenty-week mentorships to early stage or emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers living on the South Coast of NSW.
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Closing date 31 August 2022
Conducted by the Lake Macquarie branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Theme: Out of the Shadows
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Entries close 15 July 2022
The 2022 E.M. Fletcher Writing Competition is an initiative of Family History ACT (FHACT).
All information about how to enter is available on the FHACT website:
www.familyhistoryact.org.au
Entries for the best short story of 1500–2000 words on a family history or genealogy theme will be in contention to win a $1,000 prize provided by Family History ACT.
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Closing date 17 June 2022
STORY, ARTICLE or POEM to 250 words on any subject but must be accompanied by a PHOTO taken by yourself to enhance the theme.
AWARDS: 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100 plus certificates at judges’ discretion.
Open theme and Australian Residents of all age groups are invited to enter.
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Closing date 30 April 2022
“The important proceedings of the Quarter Sessions have left us but scanty room for our usual leading remarks. We shall, probably, next week, make some observations on the trial and execution of the boy Gavin, with a view to hold out,
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