The 2025 Mayoral Creative Writing Prize is open for submissions.
Submission Guidelines
- Open to adults and children (aged 8 to 17 years) who live in Blacktown City.
- The poems and short stories must be works of fiction.
- Theme: In the Moment
Judges: An independent judging panel.
Entry fee: Free to enter
Prizes:
- Winners aged 17 or younger will receive $200, and the school they attend will receive a corresponding $100.
- Adult winners will receive $300.
- All winners and highly commended writers will have their work published in the Blacktown Mayoral Anthology by WestWords.
Deadline: Midnight, Monday 29th September 2025.
All details, all submissions via their website.