Please note that apart from The Writing Quarter Competition, all other listings are for external competitions. If you have a question about these competitions, please contact the competition organisers by clicking the website link in each listing. Unfortunately, we cannot assist with queries on external competitions. If you’re a competition organiser and would like to […]
The Poetica Christi Press Competition is open until April 30, 2019. Prizes: $300, $100. 25 poems will be selected to be included in an anthology Submit unpublished poems of up to 50 lines. Theme: Love’s Footprint Reading Fee: $7 per poem or 3 for $20. Open to Australian residents aged 16 and over. More here.
The Adelaide Plains Poets Poetry Competition 2019 is now open. Theme: Location Deadline: July 5, 2019, by close of business. The total prize pool is over $700. There’s an Open Class, for poets aged 18 and over. And Junior sections, for primary school and secondary school students. Poems should be no longer than 60 lines […]
The What Matters Tasmania 2019 Competition is open to Year 5-12 students in government schools. Deadline: May 10, 2019. Write about what matters to you in society today. This may involve considering the following questions: What actions do you think should be taken to build a better society? What would you change if you could? […]
The Banjo Paterson Writing Awards are open until April 26, 2019. There are three categories: short story, poetry and the children’s writing awards. Submit short stories of up to 3,000 words. Submit contemporary poetry, up to 200 lines. It costs $15 to enter each category and the first prize for each is $2,000. The ABC […]
The Creative Writing NZ Competition is a free to enter monthly competition. Submit a short story of up to 3,000 words. Open theme. Please submit one story per month only. Open to all nationalities, aged 18 and over. Prize: $30 and publication on their website. More here.