AUSTRALIAN WRITERS' RESOURCE
COMPETITIONS
UPDATED 01/01/2023
The following information has been extracted from other websites and no assurance can be given as its correctness.
Give your hard work the best chance to win, make sure that you follow the entry requirements!
If the entry conditions don't specify it, then generally you can submit the same entry to different competitions at the same time - but if your entry places in one then you should inform the organisers of the other competitions. It is then up to them whether your entry is disqualified or not.
Allow for time to post and double-check closing dates, particularly if the organiser is in another time zone.
NEW LISTINGS THIS MONTH
Artz Blitz
black&write! Writing Fellowships
Bronze Swagman Award
Calibre Essay Prize
Daisy Utemorrah Award
Gippsland Writers Network Summer Writing Competition
Letter Review Prize for Short Stories
Letter Review Prize for Poetry
Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction
Living Landscapes Writing Competition
Maribyrnong Young Writers Competition
Peter Carey Short Story Award
SHE of Mind and Body
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Open
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Urban
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Rural
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Open
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Urban
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Rural
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 1
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 2
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 3
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 4
Tenterfield's Oracles of the Bush - Looming Legend Competition
The Geelong Regional Libraries & Deakin University Local Word Writing Prize
The Sheila Malady Short Story Competition
The Writing Prize
Tom Collins Poetry Prize
Wild Words Summer Solstice Competition
Write4Fun Summer Online Writing Competition
Opens: 5pm (Sydney/Melbourne time) quarterly
Closes: 55 hours later
Open to: 17 years and older
Theme: Story prompt provided
Accepts: Flash Fiction
Size: 500 words
Entry Fee: Nil
Prize:First: $500
Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition
Closing Date: Quarterly competitions - see website
Open to: All
Theme: None
Accepts: Flash Fiction
Size: 500 words
Entry Fee: £5 for one story, £8 for two stories
Prize:First: £300, Second: £200, Third: £100
Little Stories, Big Ideas
Closing Date: Quarterly competitions - see website
Open to: Australian Secondary School Students
Theme: See website
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Accepts: Any literary style - Year 10 - 12
Size: 100 words
Entry Fee: Nil
Prize:First: VentralIP Hosting and Domain Name Package (value $140), Second: Express Media membership and latest issue of Voiceworks magazine, Third: $50 voucher from Readings Bookstore
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Accepts: Any literary style - Year 7 - 9
Size: 100 words
Entry Fee: Nil
Prize:First: $50 voucher from Readings Bookstore, Second: StoryCraft Writing Mentorship
THROUGH THE YEAR
JANUARY 2023 | |
03/01/2023 |
Orna Ross Green Stories Novel Prize UK COMPETITON Open to: 18 years and over Theme: Illustrating the difference between simply raising awareness of green issues and embedding green solutions (TBC by July) Accepts: Novel Size: 3 chapters: 4,000 - 10,000 words (First chapter, selected chapter that showcases how the theme is addressed, one further chapter), Synopsis: 500 - 1,000 words, final work to be 50,000 - 100,000 words Entry Fee: Nil Prizes: First: £1,000, Runner up: £500 |
06/01/2023 |
The Henshaw Short Story Competition UK COMPETITION Open to: All over 16 (However, younger writers may submit a story to receive a free critique) Theme: None Accepts: Short Story Size: 2,000 words Entry Fee: £6, Optional Feedback: £14 Prizes: First: £200, Second: £100, Third: £50 |
08/01/2023 NEW LISTING Opens 02/01/2023 |
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 1 |
08/01/2023 |
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition UK COMPETITION Open to: All Theme: Let Nature Thrive * Accepts: Poetry - 18 years and over Size: 30 lines Entry Fee: £4 Prize: First: £200, Second: £70, Third: £50 * Accepts: Poetry - 12 to 17 years Size: 30 lines Entry Fee: Nil Prize: First: £100, Second: £40, Third: £30 * Accepts: Poetry - Up to 11 years Size: 30 lines Entry Fee: Nil Prize: First: £50, Second: £20, Third: £15 |
08/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
Write4Fun Summer Online Writing Competition |
15/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
Calibre Essay Prize |
15/01/2023 NEW LISTING Opens 09/01/2023 |
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 2 |
16/01/2023 |
Kings Shorts Festival of Ten Minute Plays |
22/01/2023 NEW LISTING Opens 16/01/2023 |
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 3 |
28/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
The Geelong Regional Libraries & Deakin University Local Word Writing Prize |
29/01/2023 NEW LISTING Opens 23/01/2023 |
Spectrum Comms. Summer Stories - Week 4 |
30/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
Living Landscapes Writing Competition |
30/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
Tom Collins Poetry Prize |
31/01/2023 NEW LISTING |
black&write! Writing Fellowships |
31/01/2023 |
Dolors Alberola Poetry Prize |
31/01/2022 NEW LISTING |
Gippsland Writers Network Summer Writing Competition |
31/01/2022 NEW LISTING |
Maribyrnong Young Writers Competition |
31/01/2023 |
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize |
31/01/2023 |
The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award for New Writers |
31/01/2023 |
The Plaza Prizes: Crime: First Chapters |
31/01/2023 |
The Plaza Prizes: Memoir: Opening Chapters |
31/01/2023 |
VII International Playwriting Contest SPANISH COMPETITION Open to: All Theme: None – for young audiences (not children or adults), not musicals * Accepts: Category A - Play Size: 60 minutes - 2 hours Entry Fee: Nil Prizes: First: €2,400 for the writer, translation to another European language, publication and public reading, plus economic aid for performances within two years after publication (Value: €4,800), Short list: Consideration for publication * Accepts: Category B - Play Size: 30 minutes - 1 hour Entry Fee: Nil Prizes: First: €1,000 for the writer, translation to another European language, publication and public reading, plus economic aid for performances within two years after publication (Value: €3,200), Short list: Consideration for publication * Accepts: Category C - Play Size: 10 – 30 minutes Entry Fee: Nil Prizes: First: €400 for the writer, translation to another European language, publication and public reading, plus economic aid for performances within two years after publication (Value: €3,200), Short list: Consideration for publication |
FEBRUARY 2023 | |
10/02/2023 NEW LISTING |
SHE of Mind and Body |
12/02/2023 |
Stringybark Open Short Story Competition
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14/02/2023 |
Forty South Publishing Tasmanian Writers' Prize Open to: Citizens of Australia and New Zealand or Australian permanent residents Theme: Island or Island-resonant Accepts: Short Story Size: 3,000 words Entry Fee: $20 Prize: $500 plus publication, Finalists: Publication |
19/02/2023 |
Voices of Women - Embellishment Open to: Women writers from Australia and the United States Theme: Embellishment Accepts: Short works in the first person as a woman Size: 800 words (3-4 minutes reading) Entry Fee: $20.00 Prizes: Each selected monologues: $100, performed |
26/02/2023 |
Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize |
26/02/2023 |
Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize |
26/02/2023 |
Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry |
26/02/2023 |
XYZ Award for Innovation in Spoken Word |
28/02/2023 EARLY BIRD |
Anthology Poetry Award |
28/02/2023 |
Flash 500 Short Story Competition UK COMPETITION Open to: All Theme: None Accepts: Short Story Size: 1,000 - 3,000 words Entry Fee: £7, £12 for 2, £16 for 3, £20 for 4 (optional critique: £25) Prize:First: £500, Second: £200, Third: £100 |
28/02/2023 NEW LISTING |
Letter Review Prize for Poetry |
28/02/2023 NEW LISTING |
Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction |
28/02/2023 NEW LISTING |
Letter Review Prize for Short Stories |
28/02/2023 |
Minds Shine Bright Writing Competition |
28/02/2023 |
The Plaza Prizes: Poetry |
MARCH 2023 | |
01/03/2023 |
Growing Up Indian in Australia Open to: Writers of Indian descent (see website) Theme: Growing Up Indian in Australia, lived experience Accepts: Non-fiction Size: 1,000 - 4,000 words Entry fee: Nil Prize: Publication |
03/03/2023 |
Mulga Bill Awards |
07/03/2023 REGN DATE NEW LISTING |
Artz Blitz |
10/03/2023 |
Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize |
10/03/2023 |
Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize |
10/03/2023 |
Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award |
10/03/2023 |
Young Adas |
15/03/2023 |
KSP Little Black Dress Spooky Story Competition Open to: Youth: Australian Residents. Adults: Western Australian residents Theme: After Midnight * Accepts: Youth (under 18) - Short Story Size: 500 words Entry Fee: Nil Prizes: WA First: $100 & certificate & copy of anthology, WA Second: $25 & certificate & copy of anthology, Interstate award: $50 & certificate & copy of anthology, Shire of Mundaring resident encouragement award: $25 & certificate & copy of anthology * Accepts: Adult - Short Story Size: 1,200 words Entry Fee: $10 Prizes: First: $100 & certificate & copy of anthology, Second: $50 & certificate & copy of anthology, Shire of Mundaring resident encouragement award: $25 & certificate & copy of anthology |
16/03/2023 NEW LISTING |
Peter Carey Short Story Award |
17/03/2023 NEW LISTING |
Tenterfield's Oracles of the Bush - Looming Legend Competition Open to: All Size: 4 - 20 lines Size: 10 - 20 lines * |
30/03/2023 NEW LISTING |
Daisy Utemorrah Award |
31/03/2023 |
Northern Beaches Writers' Competition : Art & Words Project |
31/03/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Open |
31/03/2023 |
The Plaza Prizes: Literary: First Chapters |
31/03/2023 |
The Plaza Prizes: Prose Poetry |
31/03/2023 NEW LISTING |
The Sheila Malady Short Story Competition |
31/03/2023 |
To Hull and Back Competition UK COMPETITION Closing Date: EARLY BIRD: 31/03/2023 REGULAR: 30/06/2023 Open to: All Theme: Humorous Accepts: Short Story Size: 2,500 words Entry Fee: EARLY BIRD: £13, £21 for 2, £26 for 3 REGULAR: £15, £24 for 2, £30 for 3 Prize: First: £1,200, your face on the cover of the anthology, a trip to Hull on a Harley Davidson, Second: £600, Third: £300, 3 x Highly Commended: £150, 14 x Shortlisted: £50, 20 x Longlisted: Free early bird entry for next competition |
31/03/2023 |
W B Yeats Poetry Prize |
APRIL 2023 | |
12/04/2023 |
Under the Silver Tree Short Story Competition |
30/04/2023 | Anthology Short Story Award IRISH COMPETITION Closing Date: VERY EARLY BIRD: 31/12/2022 EARLY BIRD: 30/04/2023 REGULAR: 31/08/2023 Open to: All Theme: None Accepts: Short Story Size: 1,500 words Entry Fee: VERY EARLY BIRD: €10, EARLY BIRD: €12, REGULAR: €18 Prizes: First: €1,000 & one year subscription to Anthology Magazine, Second: €250, Third: €150 |
30/04/2023 NEW LISTING |
Bronze Swagman Award |
MAY 2023 | |
01/05/2023 NEW LISTING |
The Writing Prize |
15/05/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Open |
31/05/2023 |
Diverging Worlds Short Story Competition Open to: Australian or New Zealand author Theme: Distopian or Steam Punk, suitable for 12+ to read Accepts: Short Story Size: Not mentioned, check website Entry Fee: $16.50, Seniors/students: $11,. School Entry: $44 Prize: $100 voucher and copy of the publication |
JUNE 2023 | |
21/06/2023 NEW LISTING |
Wild Words Summer Solstice Competition |
30/06/2023 |
TCK Publishing Flash Fiction Contest US COMPETITION Open to: All Theme: None Accepts: Flash Fiction Size: 500 words Entry Fee: US$ 10 Prize: US$ 1,000 |
30/06/2023 |
TCK Publishing Poetry Awards US COMPETITION Open to: All Theme: None Accepts: Poetry Size: Up to 5 poems totalling no more than 500 words Entry Fee: US$ 5 Prize: US$ 1,000 |
JULY 2023 | |
31/07/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Urban |
31/07/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Urban |
AUGUST 2023 | |
01/08/2023 |
Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Writing Competition Open to: All Theme: Detour/s Accepts: Short Story Size: 1,000 words Entry Fee: $15 Prize: First: $250 Hawkeye Publishing Gift Voucher & anthology cover art based on story, Top 40 published |
OCTOBER 2023 | |
31/10/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition - Rural |
31/10/2023 NEW LISTING |
Short Stories Unlimited Short Story Competition - Rural |