Submit one unpublished, original short story Categories: there is two categories – Children Under Twelve and Young Adults Under Eighteen. Word limits: up to 500 words for the under 12 …
Young Writers
Make Your Own Story Book Competition 2023
Create a picture book or story book that tells an original story using original text and illustrations. Word limit: 5,000 words. Open to all WA students from Pre Primary to …
Perth Festival: Full Writers Weekend Program Announced
Perth Festival has announced the full program for its Literature & Ideas weekend, which will be held at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February. Start …
Calanthe Collective Prize for Unpublished Poetry 2023
The Calanthe Collective Prize for Unpublished Poetry 2023 is designed to encourage aspiring and current poets in two categories: Under 18, restricted to high school aged people; and an Open …
Dal Stivens Award
The Dal Stivens Award is presented biennially to an author, aged 30 or under, for a short story or essay of the highest literary merit. The Dal Stivens Award is presented biennially …
Little Stories. Big Ideas
Little Stories. Big Ideas is a flash fiction competition for Australian Secondary School Students. Entries must be 100 words or less. Term 1 entries must incorporate the current theme, ‘love’. …
Invitation for Young Writers: Submit to Flash Lab Online
Did you know that Night Parrot Press also publishes the work of young writers? Flash Lab is an online platform that celebrates stories by writers aged 12 to 17 years …
Pulch Magazine to Launch Inaugural Print Edition
Pulch is a WA magazine run by youth, for youth, with the inaugural print edition being available to purchase from 10 December. This edition of Pulch will feature over 25 …
Submit to Pulch Mag
If you are a young person living in or from WA aged 26 or under, the editors of Pulch Mag want to hear your stories. Write about anything and everything, …
The Literature Centre’s Online Writing Program
The Literature Centre’s well-established program for Years 6-12 students (formerly Talented Young Writers’ Program) is now available online and called Young Writers Online. Enrolled students receive over 3 hours of author …