Competitions

With the activity of poetry-making central to its efforts, Flying Islands particularly aims to bring experienced and new poets together on and off-line, through mentoring, art events of various kinds, workshops, blogs, websites, readings, launches and, and most importantly, through the ongoing publication of the Flying Island Pocket Poets Series. The Flying Islands Manuscript Prize […]

AAWP/UWRF Emerging Writers’ Short Story Prize For emerging writers of short stories, this prize offers a stunning opportunity to celebrate the craft of writing at South East Asia’s largest and most exciting literary festival, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. For further information, please visit the AAWP website. If you have queries or questions, please

With prize money of $150,000 The ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised in a class of their own. Early Bird Entries Open: 10 April – Entry fee $50 Early Bird Entries Close: 7 May General Entries Open: 8 May – Entry fee $80 Entries Close:

2024 Boroondara Literary Awards, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Balwyn. Open to Victorian writers, winners will share a prize pool of more than $8,500 and have their work published in the 2024 Anthology. Young Writers Competition: Junior Category Open to young people in school year levels 5 and 6. Prose length: between 300

AAWP/UWA Publishing Chapter One Prize Emerging writers with an unpublished literary work could win a cash prize, subsidised fees for the AAWP’s annual conference, a written appraisal of their work and a letter of recommendation to UWAP. For further information: https://aawp.org.au/news/opportunities If you have queries: [email protected] Entries should not exceed 5000 words (prose) or 50

AAWP/UWRF Translators’ Prize Celebrating the art of translation, this prize is open to translators at any stage of their career, working in poetry or prose. For further information, please visit: https://aawp.org.au/news/opportunities If you have queries or questions, please write to: [email protected] Entries should not exceed 3,000 words (prose) or 30 lines (poetry). You must submit a

The Whitsundays Writers Festival is thrilled to introduce the inaugural Whitsundays Literary Heart Awards. The Heart Awards stand as an example of recognition, casting a spotlight on the talent within our literary community and providing a platform for emerging voices to display their works. We invite you to join us in this exciting journey, where