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Little Pink Dog Books has announced a new annual prize for children’s picture books. This new prize is to recognise talented author/illustrators—or authorstators—who work their magic with both words and …
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The Joyce Parkes Women’s Writers’ Prize
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Joyce Parkes Women’s Writers’ Prize honours Joyce Parkes, who is a well-known poet living in Western Australia, and aims to promote and encourage women writers in Australia. Submit prose (fact …
SCWC Poetry Award 2021
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The SCWC Poetry Award 2020 seeks poems responding to the theme ‘every body’. Entry fee: $15 per poem or $10 for SCWC members. Prizes: $1000 First prize, $100 Second prize …
2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award
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The Colin Roderick Literary Award is awarded to the best original book of the previous year dealing with any aspect of Australian life and first published by an Australian publisher. …
Little Hare Prize for Illustration
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The inaugural Little Hare Prize for Illustration by Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing will be open for submissions from Thursday 1 October to Friday 30 October 2020. The Little Hare Prize …
Anthology Magazine Poetry Prize
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Entries are now invited from poets of all nationalities, living anywhere in the world, for the Anthology Magazine Poetry Prize. Submit poems up to 40 lines the theme of ‘Expectations’. Entry …
City of Rockingham Short Fiction and Poetry Awards 2020
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Entries for the City of Rockingham Short Fiction and Poetry Awards 2020 are now open. The theme for 2020 is ‘connection’, which can be interpreted in any way the writer …
Odyssey House Victoria’s Short Story Competition 2020
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Submit short stories up to 1,500 words on the theme of Isolation. It will also need to make a reference to alcohol and/or drugs. Entry fee: $10 per story, with …
Sunspot Literary Journal: Inception Contest
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Submit your best opening for Sunspot Lit’s 2020 Inception contest. There are no restrictions on theme, category, or the length of the piece or collection from which the beginning comes. …
Judith Wright Poetry Prize
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Submit poems up to 80 lines. The Judith Wright Poetry Prize is open to emerging poets who have published no more than one collection of poems under their own name …