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The Australian Book Industry Awards are an annual event to showcase excellence in the publishing of stories in Australia. The Australian Book Industry Awards are an initiative of the Australian …
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The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2021
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The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award is one of Australia’s richest and prestigious awards for an unpublished manuscript by a writer under the age of thirty-five. Entrants must be aged under 35 years of …
Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers
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Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, this prize, now in its fifth year, recognises the talent of young First Nations writers across Australia. In 2020, …
Slinkies Under 30s eSingles
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If you are under 30, Slinkies is looking for your writing, to publish and promote in its annual run of carefully hand-selected Slinkies digital publications. Word limit: Prose in any …
National Biography Award 2020
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Entries for the National Biography Award 2020 are currently open. To be eligible for consideration or shortlisting, and/or to be eligible to win or be awarded a prize in respect …
black&write! Writing Fellowships
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Each year black&write! offers two Fellowships for unpublished manuscripts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers. The winning Fellows work closely with black&write! editors to develop their manuscripts for publication. Manuscripts …
The 2020 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
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Submissions for the 2020 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing are now open. The manuscript must be a work of fiction or non-fiction of between 20,000 and 100,000 …
2020 Pixie O’Harris Award
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The Australian Publishers Association is calling for nominations for the 2020 Pixie O’Harris Award. The Award recognises publishers, editors, creators, booksellers, publicists and other industry representatives who have worked consistently …
Under the Silver Tree Writing Competition
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Under the Silver Tree Cooperative Bookshop Ltd is again conducting its annual writing competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Transformation”. This theme was selected to commemorate the work …
Submissions Open: Griffith Review 70 The Novella Project VIII
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Is empathy, like water, in increasingly short supply? Recent research suggests that the average person in 2009 demonstrated less empathy than in 1979. Can this really be the case? Does …