Celebrating our Coastal Coasters ‘The Literary Coasters Initiative celebrates the depth and diversity of WA literature in a truly unique way. We were blown away by the community’s passion and …
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Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction
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 …
Writing retreat in Bali 2026
Perth author and writing mentor Carrie Cox will co-host a writing retreat in beautiful East Bali in June 2026. Dedicate a week entirely to yourself and to your story in …
The [Screen] Writers Room Masterclass
The [Screen] Writers Room, a six-week online masterclass that places participants inside a simulated TV writers’ room. Across the course, we explore story structure, pitching, concept development and the collaborative …
Peppermint Grove Retreat
The Peppermint Grove Retreat offers WA emerging and established authors and illustrators of Children’s and Young Adult books an opportunity to escape their daily lives to focus on creating for …
THE DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD
The Dorothy Hewett Award is a national award for unpublished manuscripts and is run annually in the month of November.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 …
Emerging Writers Competition – Varnish Literary Journal
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 We’re looking for submissions of the most compelling, formally-inventive and vital unpublished short fiction.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 …
Disability-focused journal calling for submissions
About Two Spoon Press Disabled writers deserve quality publishing. We publish writing that foregrounds disability experiences in all their complexity. We want to challenge assumptions and expand literary conversations, transforming …
