Submissions are now open for the 2023 Stringybark Erotic Fiction Short Story Awards. Send in your story of up to 1800 words for a chance to win. Submissions close 13 August 2023 11:59pm AEST. For more information on the Awards and how to enter, visit the Stringybark Stories website here.
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Submissions for the 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards are now open with $12,720 in prizes are on offer! The Awards are accepting stories of up to 5000 words. Submissions close on 31 August 2023. To learn more about the awards and how to submit, visit the Sisters in Crime website here.
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The Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize is running again in 2023 and accepting poems of up to 60 lines. The prize is now open until 17 July 2023, 23:59 GMT. For more information about this prize and how to submit, visit the University of Canberra website here.
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Aniko Press are now taking submissions of up to 100 words for round one of their 2023 Winter Flash Fiction Comp! Submissions close 22 July. For more information on the competition and how to submit, visit the Aniko Press website here.
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Poems up to 200 lines can be entered. This includes titles and sub-headings. There is no minimum line limit. Entries close at 11:59pm 4 August. For more information about the prize and how to enter, visit the Hunter Writers Centre website here.
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The Nature Conservancy Australia’s Nature Writing Prize was created to celebrate the art of nature writing and encourage a greater appreciation of Australia’s magnificent landscapes. It invites writers at all stages in their writing journey to participate. This competition invites entries of essays between 3000 and 5000 words exploring the theme: ‘Writing of Place’. Entries close Friday
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The Peter Blazey Fellowship is now seeking applications from writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing. Applications close 7 August 2023. For more information about the fellowship and how to apply, visit the Peter Blazey Fellowship website here.
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The Paul Cave Prize for Literature is seeking submissions of poetry, haiku, free verse, sonnet, acrostic, villanelle, ballad, limerick, ode, elegy, flash fiction, short stories and novellas in any genre except erotic. Work must be new and unpublished. International submissions welcome. Entries close 30 September. For more information on this prize and how to submit,
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The Lane Cove Literary Awards is a prestigious national writing competition organised by Lane Cove Council that recognises writing excellence and fosters Australian writing talent. Australian writers over 16 years of age are invited to submit unpublished works. Entries Close Wednesday 16 August 2023, 5.00pm. For more information on how to enter, visit the Lane
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Braille House is proud to announce that the for the Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition 2023 is open for entries. The theme for our 102nd year (2023) is KINDNESS and we are expecting record number of entries. All entries have the chance to win $350 for 1st place and $150 for 2nd place. For more information and how to enter, visit
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