Competitions, Young Writers
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Submit short stories up to 600 words. Entry fees: Adult and Senior – $10 (plus Eventbrite fee), Youth and Secondary Education Support Student – $5 (plus Eventbrite fee). Prizes: first …
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The 2023 Fogarty Literary Award
Competitions, Young Writers
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The Fogarty Literary Award is a biennial prize for an unpublished manuscript by a Western Australian author aged between 18 and 35 for a work of adult fiction, narrative non-fiction …
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize
Competitions, Poets' Hub
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Submit poems up to 60 lines. Entry fee: first entry is $AUD25 or $15 concession; additional Entry (up to five additional entries): $AUD20 or $10 concession. Prizes: The winner will …
2023 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
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Submit an original story of between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Entry fee: $20 for current Australian Book Review (ABR) subscribers, $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: $12,500 (first prize: $6,000, second prize: …
Duologue 2023
Opportunities, Performance Writers
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Duologue is a long-standing program that supports collaborative relationships between playwrights and dramaturgs. The relationship is self-determined, and focus can be on a single play or multiple works at any …
Erin Thomas Regional Playwright Fund 2023
Performance Writers
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The Erin Thomas Playwright Fund can support regional playwrights: to pursue a deep creative connection over a period of time with a mentor dramaturg as the playwright develops a new …
2023 Davitt Awards
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Nominate crime and mystery books by Australian women that were published in 2022. The competition is open to books by all women, whether cisgender, transgender, or intersex, who are citizens/residents …
FRONT Pop-up Youth Hub: EOI for Young Creatives
Opportunities, Young Writers
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Are you interested in arts and aged between 12 and 16 years or an emerging artist between 17 and 26 years old and want to be part of an amazing …
2023 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction
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Submit creative, insightful fiction up to 2000 words that engage with the theme “revolt”. The competition is open to all women and non-binary writers. Entry fee: $10. Prize: first place …
Silver Tree Poetry Competition
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Submit poetry up to 50 lines on an open theme. Entry fee: $10 per entry. Prizes: $1,000 for first prize. Best junior entry will receive $200. Highly commended entries will …