The Pearl Prize is presented with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and supported by Midsumma Festival. A writing award where Queer writers have a platform for self-expression through the writing landscape and into …
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NSW Literary Awards
The NSW Literary Awards are the richest and longest running state-based literary awards in Australia and cover all genres of writing. A total of $360,000 in prize money is on offer …
WA Screen Culture Awards Submissions Open
Nominations for the WA Screen Culture Awards are now open. Find out more here. The Award Ceremony will take place on 1 December 2024. You can buy your tickets here. …
Inkling: Paid Playwrights Program
Inkling is a five-week, paid writers program for up to six playwrights. It offers playwrights time and space to explore a new piece. The playwrights will work on a new …
Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for an Unpublished Poem
Annual Prize. Entries open: Mon 5 Aug – Tues 10 Sept 2024 Named in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for an unpublished poem …
The Armadale Writers’ Award
This creative writing competition is open to adult writers living in Western Australia. Works must be original unpublished prose and have a 1000 – 3000 word count. The Armadale Writers’ …
The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund
In partnership with the Myer Foundation, the Travel Fund supports emerging, midcareer, and established Australian writers and literary sector workers in pursuing professional development opportunities. This includes writers, editors, agents, publishers, librarians, booksellers, employees and …
Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry
Annual Prize. Entries open: Mon 5 Aug – Tues 10 Sept 2024 The Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry is a prestigious Australian prize for an unpublished poem by an …
