The Russell Prize for Humour Writing is awarded biennially for the work which is judged to be the best book of humour writing by an Australian author and published in …
Competitions
Image 2200: Climate-fiction Contest
Grist’s solutions lab, Fix, is calling for short stories that envision the next 180 years of equitable climate progress. What will the world look like in the year 2200—or anywhere …
Nature Writing Prize 2021
Submissions are now open for The Nature Conservancy’s sixth biennial Nature Writing Prize. Submit an essay between 3,000 and 5,000 words in the genre of ‘Writing of Place’. Entry fee: …
AAALS Fiction Prize
The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) welcomes submissions to its new annual fiction competition from Australian and New Zealand residents and citizens. Word limits: no more than 3,500 …
AAALS Poetry Prize
The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) welcomes submissions from Australian and New Zealand residents and citizens to its new annual poetry competition. Poems may be any style or …
Future Leaders Writing Prize
Submit a piece of writing (800 to 1,000 words). The writing can be fiction or non-fiction and on any topic. Open to: Year 11 and 12 students in Australian secondary …
UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing & the Best Australian Science Writing Anthology
The UNSW Press Bragg Prize is an annual prize for the best short non-fiction piece on science written for a general audience. Prizes: First prize is $7000 for the piece …
2021 Daisy Utemorrah Award
Entries are now open for the Daisy Utemorrah Award. This annual award is presented to an Indigenous writer for an outstanding unpublished manuscript of junior or YA fiction. The Daisy …
2020 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
The 2020 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards are now open for entries. The awards, for books published between 1 January and 31 December 2020, aim to support, develop and recognise …
2021 Slinkies Under 30s
If you are under 30, Slinkies is looking for writing that is under 10,000 words in any genre or style to publish and promote in its annual run of carefully …