Seniors Card Short Story Competition 2026 Workshops
The Department of Communities and Justice together with the Fellowship of Australian Writers Inc (FAW) is conducting an exciting FREE short story writing competition for NSW Seniors Card and Senior Savers Card holders.
Workshops are conducted primarily to encourage Seniors to draw on their story ideas, create new ideas, and if unsure how to write them as a publishable short story they will gain the motivation, inspiration and tools to help them.
This year those people unable to attend a workshop in person can register to attend the Liverpool Library workshop via zoom.
THEME: Neighbours, Strangers and the People in Between.
(NB: The Theme name must NOT be the story title).
Word limit 1,000 words
The Prize is publication in Seniors Card’s next book, Seniors Stories Volume 12.
OPENING DATE FOR ENTRIES: Thursday 2nd April, 2026
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: Thursday 14th May, 2026
Complete Terms & Conditions can be viewed here. The Entry Form will be available on this website from 9.00am on Thursday 2nd April 2026. Complete the online entry form, attach your entry then submit. Good Luck to all.
Workshops for the Vol. 12 competition are as follows:
| LOCATION | DATE & TIME | PRESENTER |
| Orange South Room, Senior Village Hub 77 Kite Street, Orange | 13th March 2:00pm – 4:00pm | Colleen Parker and Uta Purcell |
| Gosford Library | 16th March 9:30 – 11:30am | Liz Shaw |
| Liverpool Library | 18th March 10:00am – 12 noon. Hybrid* | Cate Plink and Sandi Kani |
| Laurieton | 20th March 10:00am – 12 noon | Jackie Laing and Alison Davey |
| State Library of NSW | 27th March 10:am – 12 noon | Cate Plink and Sandi Kani |
| Warrilla Library | 27th March 1:30 – 3:30pm | Colleen Parker |
To register for any of the workshops, please contact Jackie Laing by email or phone 02 6559 5387.
*To register for Liverpool as an internet attendee please contact Cate Plink on ph: 0492 833 522.
Equipment: Bring a notepad and pen for workshop exercises.