Now in their seventh year, the Danger Awards continue to honour books featuring Australia as a setting for stories about crime and justice. At BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival in September 2024, four awards will be presented: one for best crime fiction, one for best crime fiction debut, one for crime non-fiction and a People’s […]
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This is a blackout poetry competition! Here’s how it works; first you decide you want to enter. To enter you’ll need to pay the $5 entry fee, once you’ve gone through the checkout you’ll get a download link for a PDF file. This file contains instructions on how to submit and more importantly the article
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Brilliant Poetry is an international competition that invites people from around the world to express scientific wonder and discovery through verse. Your poem should be concise yet impactful, with a limit of 40 lines. This encourages creativity and precision in expressing big ideas. First prize £1000 — Second prize £500 — Third prize £250 Submissions
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Open 1st April – 30th June 2024 Short Story: Entry fee £6 Prizes: 1st £750, 2nd £300, 3rd £200, Local £100 Any subject, 1,000 to 2,000 words Judge: Susmita Bhattacharya Young Poets: Entry fee £3 Prizes: £200, £150, £100 plus a year’s membership of The Poetry Society Any subject, no more than 35 lines Age
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The AWG Emerging Writers’ Awards (previously the Monte Miller Awards) are the premier awards for unproduced scripts in Australia. Dedicated to uncovering the best new scripts and talents among AWG’s Associate and Student membership, they are your opportunity to put your work in the spotlight and showcase your talent to the industry. Categories are open to
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Fall into Focus is an international residency program for writers, artists and researchers who want to concentrate on their creative practice, writing or research. This autumn residency program for writers, artists and researchers at Arteles Creative Center provides the optimal conditions for sustained concentration. The program offers flexible time and space to freely develop creative
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Short stories of up to 2,000 words on an open theme from women writers. Closes: 30 April 2024 Judge: Dr Rachel Matthews For more information about the competition and how to enter, visit the Society of Women Writers Victoria.
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The David Unaipon Award is open to emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writers from across Australia for an unpublished manuscript. Prize: $20,000 plus publication with UQP. Submissions close Friday 12 April 5pm AEST For more information, visit the UQP website here.
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Telescope is an annual award for writers with disability, run by Scope’s Community Inclusion Service What you can enterThere are 5 writing categories in Telescope: People with disability over 12 years of age can enter Telescope, either in the Young Writers Category (12-17 years of age) or the Adult Category (over 18 years of age).
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The Hush Foundation invites pieces of up to 1,000 words based on the theme: “kindness in healthcare.” Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $650, with the second prize being $350. A selection of the best entries will be published in the Hush Foundation’s Kindness Anthology
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