The Anthology Creative Awards are now open for entries Offering a variety of competitions established to encourage and promote visual artists and writers, the Anthology Creative Awards provide a platform for emerging creatives to …
The Anthology Poetry Competition is open to original and previously unpublished poems in the English language. Entries are invited from poets of all nationalities, living anywhere in the world. There …
The Rhiza Edge Short Story Competition for 2026 is now open! HIDDEN CREATURES: Weird and wild stories featuring cryptids of all types! Editors: Rebecca Fraser and Bethany Loveridge We’re looking …
The Heritage Scroll seeks personal stories that examine the legacies we carry — whether inherited through blood, belief, place, tradition, or memory. These are stories of formation rather than fracture; …
The Catalyst Scroll is a speculative Fictions writing competition for Australian and New Zealand Creatives that are 16+ years old. Bushland Castle Productions invites speculative fiction scenes that capture the …
The 2026 Mattie Furphy Short Story Competition is open for entry to writers 18 years and over residing in Australia. All submissions must be previously unpublished and no more than …
It’s a write-off! 500 words 60 hours 2 teams 1 winner Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars …
The Dorothy Hewett Award is a national award for unpublished manuscripts and is run annually in the month of November. The award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript …
We are thrilled to announce our new contest, The Varnish Prize for Fiction! We’re looking for submissions of the most compelling, formally-inventive and vital unpublished short fiction. Submissions are open …
The Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction has burst onto the scene, offering an exciting opportunity for new and seasoned writers of erotic fiction to be rewarded for their …
