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Submit startling stories set in Sydney’s past. Maybe you know a story that you’d like to tell OR you’ve always wondered about a person, place or event and would like …
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2024 Stella Prize
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The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. Nominate books for the 2024 Stella Prize that are published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. …
Submissions Open: Heroines Anthology (Global Poetry Edition)
Competitions, Poets' Hub
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Submit poetry that reimagines women in myth, fairy tale, folklore or legend, or poems that tell women’s lost histories, or untold stories. Submit poems up to 3 pages in a …
2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
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Submit original short fiction up to 3,000 words. Entry fee: $12 for subscribers of Overland and $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: the winning story will receive a $5000 first prize and be …
2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets
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Submit poems up to 80 lines. Entry fee: $12 for subscribers of Overland and $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: the major prize is $6000, with a second prize of $2000 and a …
LitFestBergen Writing Competition: Dis/solution
Competitions, Young Writers
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Write your story about the climate crisis in a poem or a personal essay. Open to writers aged 18 to 25 years. Word limits: Essay: maximum 1700 words in English. …
Woorilla Poetry Award 2023
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Submit poems up to 50 lines. Entry fees and categories Open Section: $20 per poem entry Youth Section: 4 poems for free (12-18 years) – additional entries $5 per poem …
The Chilling Pen Award
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The Chilling Pen Award is a short story competition designed to inspire creative writing in the horror genre for unpublished authors. Submit short stories up to 1,000 words on the …
2023 Southern Cross Short Story Competition
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Submit short stories up to 3,000 words on the theme of “tracks of desire”. Entry fee: $15 for members of Ballarat Writers, $20 for non-members. Prizes: first prize is $1000 …
The Marj Wilke Short Story Award
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Submit short stories up to 1,500 words (title of story not included). Open to Australian women writers over the age of 18 years. Entry Fee: $15 or $40 for maximum …