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SUMMARY:Big Sky Short Story Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Big Sky Short Story Prize is back for 2026! Calling all Midwest and Gascoyne writers – You’re invited to showcase your talent. Submit up to 3 entries on themes of your choice\, with a great cash prize pool and special Big Sky festival privileges on offer.
URL:https://www.writingwa.org/event/big-sky-short-story-prize-2026/
LOCATION:Geraldton Regional Library\, 37 Marine Terrace\, Geraldton\, WA\, 6530\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Poems to Love\, Sparks of Monthly Inspiration: 5 May\, 2 June\, 7 July 2026
DESCRIPTION:Relish poems to love for simply pure enjoyment in these short monthly informal meetings online on Zoom. \nSurely the joy\, intimacy\, compassion and daring of poetry is an antidote to the news and state of the world these days? \nEach month I’ll choose a couple of poems that I find exciting\, arresting or just wonderful. In this small group\, we’ll read poems and discuss them together as readers and as writers looking at the content\, form\, poetic techniques\, voice\, syntax and other stylistic aspects. Then we will write short responses to the poems. \nIt’s a simple format with two sessions of close reading and discussing poems and two opportunities for writing. We won’t be spending too much time reading back work we’ve written\, but we will discuss some reflections on our writing and share extracts in the chat if you wish. \nThese short sessions are only 45mins to one hour long\, a shot in the arm for inspiration\, professional development and most importantly a reminder to keep expanding your reading joy\, being inspired by great poems\, new and old… one of the most enriching things to do in life I think! \nIt doesn’t matter whether you get published or win prizes or whatever\, just bring your love of poetry\, words and ideas. It’s really about the simple joy in poetry and creativity. \nTop up your monthly inspiration! \nFacilitator: Perth poet Cath Drake.\nCath’s poetry collection\, The Shaking City (Seren Books\, 2020) was longlisted in international Laurel Prize and highly commended in the UK Forward Prize. It followed Sleeping with Rivers\, a Poetry Book Society Choice & winner of the Seren/Mslexia poetry prize. Cath has been published widely in anthologies and literary journals in UK\, Ireland\, US\, Europe and Australia\, recently including Best of Australian Poems\, Poetry Salzburg Review and The Weekend Australian. She has twice been be awarded second place in the international Ginkgo Ecopoetry Prize and also highly commended in this prize. An environmental science graduate\, Cath worked for a decade as an environmental scientist\, writer and journalist and won awards for her environmental nonfiction writing and broadcasting. Cath is also a mindfulness teacher and she has run The Verandah\, quality online poetry events\, since 2020.
URL:https://www.writingwa.org/event/poems-to-love-sparks-of-monthly-inspiration-5-may-2-june-7-july-2026/
LOCATION:The Verandah (online)
ORGANIZER;CN="The Verandah":MAILTO:verandah@cathdrake.com
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SUMMARY:The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction\, Poetry\, and Books
DESCRIPTION:Name: The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction\, Poetry\, & Books\nPrizes: 9-12 winners are announced who share in the $3000 USD total prize pool and are published by The Letter Review. Up to 80 writers shortlisted.\nEntry Fee: $20 – $30 USD\nDates: Open now\, closing 29th July 11:59 pm ET.\nWords: Up to 5000 words of prose\, or 70 lines of poetry.\nDetails: Open to anyone in the world. No style or subject restrictions. Review full entry guidelines for further details. Judged blind.\nEnter Here: https://letterreview.com/information/
URL:https://www.writingwa.org/event/the-letter-review-prize-for-short-fiction-poetry-and-books/
CATEGORIES:Competitions
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Letter Review":MAILTO:https://letterreview.com/information/
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SUMMARY:Rockingham Writers Centre National Short Story Award
DESCRIPTION:Rockingham Writers Centre National Short Story Award Entry Guidelines \n\nFor a short story with ‘A Twist in the Tale’\nFor writers across Australia\n$500 first prize\n$100 second prize\nCompetition closes at 11.59pm July 1\, 2026\n\n\nThe prize is open to all writers in Australia aged over 18. Entries must be the author’s original short fiction of not more than 2000 words with ‘A Twist in the Tale’.\nEntries must be unpublished on line or in print and not have won any other award. Entrants should not submit stories that are generated in part or in full by AI. Any AI use for creative or editing purposes should be attributed\, with details of how it was used. Any entries that are suspected to be AI generated will be disqualified\, at the discretion of the judge/s.\nStories must be formatted in Arial or Times Roman 12-point font\, double spaced\, with the story title and page number on each page of the document. The author’s name must not appear on the document.\nEntries close at 11.59pm\, Wednesday\, July 1\, 2026. Late entries will not be accepted.\nAn entry fee of $15 for Rockingham Writers Centre members/$20 for non-members. Entries are not valid until the entry fee is paid.\nThe story should be uploaded as a Word document (not PDF) to the Rockingham Writers Centre website. The entry form is linked below.\nPlease use the title of your entry as the name of your Word document\, not your name. The website includes an online form for submitting your details\, including your name\, bio\, postal and email addresses\, title of your entry\, and instructions for paying the entry fee. If you have difficulties with this\, please contact rockinghamwriterscentre@gmail.com for support.\nAuthors may enter separate individual works\, provided that the required entry fee is paid for each entry. Please use a new entry form for each additional entry.\nThe winner will be announced at a presentation ceremony for the writing awards in Rockingham\, Western Australia on September 30* and the winning entry will be published on the website\, along with the judge’s report. Authors retain copyright of their work.\n\n* Winners who live interstate or in regional WA will need to pay their own travel/accommodation costs if they wish to attend the presentation ceremony. \nNB: Members of Rockingham Writers Centre Committee and their families are ineligible to enter
URL:https://www.writingwa.org/event/rockingham-writers-centre-national-short-story-award/
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