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 and 500 words.
- Poetry length: less than 100 lines.
Young Writers Competition: Middle Category
Open to young people in school year levels 7, 8 and 9.
- Prose length: between 500 and 900 words.
- Poetry length: less than 200 lines.
Young Writers Competition: Senior Category
Open to young people in school year levels 10, 11 and 12. It’s also open to young people not in secondary school, aged 15 to 18 years old as of January 2024.
- Prose length: between 900 and 1,300 words.
- Poetry length: less than 200 lines.
Open Short Story Competition
Open to all Victorian residents.
- Between 1,500 and 3,000 words.
For more information about the awards and how to enter, visit the Boroondara website here.