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Congratulations to Aisling Lawless from Dymocks Joondalup, who has been named ABA Penguin Random House Young Bookseller of the Year at the ABA conference in Melbourne. ‘Aisling does so much …
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ACU Prize for Poetry
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The annual ACU Prize for Poetry aims to support Australian poets and to continue the rich Catholic Church tradition of patronising the arts. The ACU Prize for Poetry will be …
E.M. Fletcher Writing Award
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Every family has a story – write yours now. The E.M. Fletcher Writing Award is named in honour of Eunice Fletcher, a long time member of The Heraldry and Genealogy …
Convict Children Competition
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Write a journal entry describing life as a child convict. When Australia was a British penal colony, some of the convicts sent over were children, punished with transportation for crimes …
City of Vincent Local History Awards
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The Awards encourage and reward community participation in recording and sharing the history of the City of Vincent. The City of Vincent Library and Local History Centre invites written and …
Varuna Residential Fellowships
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Varuna Residential Fellowships offer two to three weeks of full board and accommodation at Varuna including a prepared evening meal, uninterrupted time to write in your own private studio, the …
2020 Premier’s Anzac Student Tour Competition
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Western Australian students are invited to submit an extended written response for the opportunity to attend commemorative events in Darwin and Singapore in 2020. Students are required to prepare a …
The Scarlet Stiletto Awards
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A record $10,060 is up for grabs in Sisters in Crime Australia’s 26th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short crime and mystery stories by Australian women. Submit a story with …
The Next Chapter
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Each year, The Wheeler Centre selects ten outstanding writers and give them $15,000 each to develop their work. Each writer is matched with a mentor, who works closely with them …