Competitions

As part of the Willy Lit Fest, this live event is happening on Sunday 16 June 2024 at 12.00 Noon to 1.30 p.m. in the Williamstown Town Hall. How it works… Sixteen writers read a piece of poetry or prose (no longer than four minutes) which they have written. At the end, the audience votes by […]

This nationwide commission offers an emerging playwright $17,100 to create a new work that brings the voices and stories of youth to the stage. The commission is for emerging Australian playwrights aged under 35. The commissioned playwright will develop a full-length script suitable to be performed by actors aged anywhere between 7 and 25. To

The June Shenfield Poetry Award is an annual Australia wide, poetry prize to commemorate poet June Shenfield and to encourage people to write, publish and read poetry. This award is for an emerging Australian poet. 1st Prize: $1,000 2nd Prize: $700 3rd Prize: $500 Length: Entries must not exceed 80 lines. This award is for

Entries are open for the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 & Awards; one of Australia’s most valuable and prestigious literary prizes. The $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature 2024 & Awards will be awarded to a Victorian author whose body of published work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and

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