The Pearl Prize is presented with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and supported by Midsumma Festival. A writing award where Queer writers have a platform for self-expression through the writing landscape and into publication.
Writers can submit writing in any form of prose or poetry to a literary panel and begin their journey in the Australian writing scene. Fifteen finalists will be selected and published and the winner of the Pearl Prize announced during Midsumma Festival 2025. The publication will be released during Midsumma Festival and be available to purchase.
The theme for 2025 is: Queerness beyond the ML and AI in (A) ARTificial space.
Up to 1500 words of prose and/or poetry.
- The winner of The Pearl Prize will receive a gift, which includes a $500 cash payment, to set their typewriter tapping.
- There will also be a Highly Commended award to a writer of merit, which includes a $300 cash payment.
The Pearl Prize will be presented during Midsumma Festival 2025. The Award will be presented at The Victorian Pride Centre. A meet-and-greet event of the authors will take place at Readings St Kilda.
And drum roll please… a fantabulous panel evening to shine those pearls….
The Pearl Prize is a unique LGBTQIA+ writing prize as part of an Australian premier Queer Festival of arts and culture, Midsumma Festival.
- Submissions Close: Friday 11.59pm 11 October 2024 Australian Eastern Standard Time.
For more information about the prize and how to enter, visit the Midsumma Festival website here.