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 …
Young Writers
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, …
Whitlam Institute What Matters? Competition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …