The 2020 Newcastle Short Story Award is open until 8pm, Monday February 3rd, 2020. Submit short stories of up to 2,000 words. Open to all Australians living in Australia or abroad. Judges: Laura Elvery, Khalid Warsame Prizes: $3000, $1700, $1000. There are also two highly commended awards of $250 each and three commended awards of […]
Clearway 2020: Create the Space is a writing competition for all Australian women. Submit short works in the first person – narrative, monologues, soliloquy – to be performed by trained actors in rehearsed readings. Stories can be fiction or non-fiction – comedic work is encouraged. Stories should be 1000 words maximum or 3 minutes in […]
The 2020 Calibre Essay Prize is open until January 15, 2020. Prizes: $5,000 and $2,500 Judges: J.M. Coetzee, Lisa Gorton, and Peter Rose They’re looking for essays of between 2,000 and 5,000 words on any subject. Entry fees: $15 for current ABR subscribers or full-stime students. Otherwise, it’s $25 More here.
The Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition inaugurated by FAWWA in memory of author Joseph Furphy (1843 – 1912). Under the name Tom Collins, he wrote the Australian classic, Such is Life, as well as many poems. Submit poems up to 60 lines. Prizes: $1000, $300, $100 Deadline: December 15, 2019 Entry […]
The Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize is open until November 17, 2019. Submit short fiction, up to 3000 words, themed around the notion of ‘travel’. The winner will receive $4000 and their story will be published in Overland’s first print issue for 2020. Two runners-up will each receive $500 and be published at Overland online. […]
The Judith Wright Poetry Prize is open until November 17, 2019. Judges: Ellen van Neerven, Michael Farrell and Toby Fitch Open to writers around the world who have published no more than one collection of poems under their own name. Prizes: $6000, $2000, $1000. All winners will be published in the first issue of Overland’s […]