Closing date: 31 August 2025
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
- The Award is for Short Stories up to 3000 words.
- Entrants must be permanent residents of Australia.
- Submitted entries must not have previously been published, nor be under consideration for publication. Entries may have been entered in other competitions but not won a monetary prize. Receipt of entry will not be acknowledged.
- Multiple entries are permitted, a separate Entry Form must be submitted with each entry.
- Entries are to be submitted via the online form available on this website.
- Entry Fee is $15.00 per entry. Secure payment of the Entry Fee is to be made online from within the Entry Form.
- Entries must be in Word format, or they will be disqualified.*
- For those unable to use the online form, a separate form will be forwarded by email from the
- The closing date is 6pm on 31st August 2025.
- The author’s identity must appear on the Entry Form ONLY. The author’s name must NOT appear on the manuscript.
- Only page number and title of the entry is to appear on the manuscript.
- The author retains copyright to all work submitted, although prize-winning entries or a precis must be available for publication in the Fellowship’s bulletin Writers Voice and on the FAW NSW website.
- Entries must be original, creative and inspiring works which present to the audience an engaging work of literary excellence.
- The judge’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. There will be no individual appraisals.
- FAW NSW reserves the right not to award any prizes if, in the judge’s estimation, no entries of sufficient merit are received.
- THE AWARD: $500 PRIZE
THE WINNER and shortlisted entries will be notified via email after 31 October. The shortlisted competitors will be invited to attend an Awards Lunch to be held in May 2026, where the winner will be announced.
Contact: or Phone 0492 833 522.
* For help converting to Word from another format, please contact the webmaster.