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What comes to mind when you think about different worlds, especially today after the unimaginable events of the past 12 months? Write about your personal experiences and how your world …
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Submit to Pulch Mag
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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, …
Whitlam Institute What Matters? Competition
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What Matters? is an online writing competition open to students in years 5 to12, as individuals or via classroom work. What Matters? is a ‘catalyst for young thinkers and young …
Ultimo Prize 2021
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The Ultimo Prize 2021 aims to find the best young writers of fiction and poetry in Australia. The prize is open to writers between the age of 18 and 30 …
The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award 2022
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Entries for the 2022 Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award are now open. Submit a work of fiction, Australian history or biography between 50,000 words and 80,000 words. Entrants must be aged under …
Future Leaders Writing Prize
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Submit a piece of writing (800 to 1,000 words). The writing can be fiction or non-fiction and on any topic. Open to: Year 11 and 12 students in Australian secondary …
The Golden Pen 2021
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Have you got a story to tell? Perhaps there’s a small creature, with a big dilemma? Or a big house with small residents? Maybe it’s a big idea, told from …
The 2020 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Shortlist
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The 2020 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers shortlist has been announced. Congratulations to the three Western Australian writers who have been included in the Creative Non-Fiction Shortlist: Bethany Tan, …
The Literature Centre’s Online Writing Program
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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 …
Fuel Your Creativity with Scribblers Festival
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The team at Scribblers Festival have created a Fuelling Creativity Workbook & Video Series for young creatives. Get inspired by 2020 LEGO Masters Jackson & Alex, author and illustrator Kylie …