Entry Form: Seniors Card Short Story Competition 2025

Entries close at 6.00pm Sunday 1st June 2025.

Maximum 1,000 words. Theme: ‘THEN and NOW’.

Story Title

All field marked with a red asterisk are required. your Word document file name should match this story title. Story Title MUST NOT be the theme name.

Word Count

Maximum story length 1,000 words (excluding story title).

Author Name

First

Last

Seniors Card No.

NSW Seniors Card or Senior Savings Card Number. If you do not have one, it is free to apply online for a card.

Street Address

City or Suburb

Postcode

No. Member member

Your email address in case we need to contact you about your entry.

Phone

Please provide your mobile number, or landline number including area code.

FAW member

Are you a current member of The Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW ("FAW NSW")?

Indigenous

Do you have Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage?

Other language

Do you speak another language other than English?

Assignment of Copyright

Should my work be successful among the final 100 selected stories, I hereby give consent for publication in Seniors Stories Vol. 11, as well as dissemination through media channels approved by Seniors Card and FAW NSW.

Attachment filename

eg. my-story.docx (should match story title, with .docx added).

Attached Story

Drag & Drop Files, Choose Files to Upload

Attach your story here. Word document only please*. Author's name must not appear on the story, only on this entry form (to facilitate 'blind' judging). Do NOT use the theme as your Story Title or Document Name. Document name should match your Story Title. Please read the Conditions of Entry and check your work carefully before entering this competition. Do NOT enter the same story more than once, as it will already have gone off for judging, and subsequent submissions of the same story will be ignored.

* For assistance converting to Word format, please contact the webmaster.