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Submit short stories up to 2000 words. Entry fee: $16.50. Prizes: 1st Prize ($3000); 2nd Prize ($1700); 3rd Prize ($1000), plus prizes for highly commended and commended entries. Top works …
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Penguin Literary Prize
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The Penguin Literary Prize endeavours to find, nurture and develop new Australian authors writing in the areas of literary fiction, and is a nod to Penguin Random House’s literary heritage …
2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
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Now in its third year, the Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award is for short story collections up to 30,000 words in length. The writing may take the form of fiction …
Global Writing Communities Translators’ Prize 2020
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This prize is offered in partnership by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF). The AAWP/UWRF collective vision is to promote the work …
2020 Calibre Essay Prize
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Founded in 2007, the Calibre Prize is one of the world’s leading prizes for a new non-fiction essay, and is open to all essayists writing in English. Submit essays of …
City of Stirling History and Heritage Awards
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The City of Stirling established the biannual History and Heritage Awards to recognise the efforts made by individuals and groups in the pursuit of conserving the City’s history and heritage. …
The W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia
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The Annual W B Yeats Poetry Prize is open to residents of Australia for previously unpublished poems up to 50 lines. Entry fees: $10 for first poem, $4 for subsequent …
Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program
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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (Vic Branch) Inc. is offering emerging children’s and Young Adult writers and/or illustrators a two-week mentorship in Melbourne from 17 August to 2 September …
2019-2020 Sutherland Shire Literary Competition
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Australian residents over 18 years of age are invited to submit their individual, original works in the following categories: Rhyming verse (max 80 lines) Free verse (max 80 lines) Short …
Tom Collins Poetry Prize 2019
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The Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition inaugurated by FAWWA in 1975 in memory of the Australian author Joseph Furphy (1843 – 1912). Under the name Tom Collins, …