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Competitions and Opportunities
Djillong Short Story Competition
Closing date: 15 December 2021
Organised by Geelong Writers, this competition invites entries of short stories of between 3,000 and 5,000 words on an open theme. First prize wins $1,000, second prize $400 and third prize $200, and there is an entry fee of $20 per story. Winners announced in February.
geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/
Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize 2021
Closing Date: December 17 2021
Entries open for manuscripts up to 80,000 words for works of fiction or non-fiction. The winner receives Author Coaching, Structural Edit and Line Edit (Prize Value $2,500) with the structural edit kindly sponsored by Brisbane Writers Workshop, and line editing and author coaching sponsored by Hawkeye Publishing. Hawkeye Publishing may offer the winner a publishing contract. (Note: this is not a guarantee of publication, but the possibility of).
The Kembla Flame Written Bush Poetry Competition
Closing date: 24 December 2021
Entries of bush poetry with consistent rhyme and meter are invited to this competition, which offers $300 prize money or the winner of the Open section. There are also Novice and Junior categories, offering prize money of $100 each. Subject of poems must be an Australian theme of some kind. Entry fee is $6 per poem or three for $10.
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Closing Date: Feburary 11 2022
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers and the only book awards program of its kind offering more monetary prizes, more awards, more recognition and more exposure including exposure to a leading Literary Agent for possible representation in areas such as distribution, foreign rights, film rights, and other rights. Presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG) in conjunction with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognise and honour the top independently published books of the year.
The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2022
Closing Date: 14 Feburary 2022
Forty South’s competition is open to residents of Australia or New Zealand. The prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $500.
A selection of the best entries will be published in the Forty South Short Story Anthology 2022.
https://www.fortysouth.com.au/tasmanian-writers-prize
2022 Heroines/Joyce Parkes Women’s Writing Prize
Closing Date: 28 February 2022
The Heroines/Joyce Parkes Women’s Writing Prize 2022 is awarded to one piece of short fiction and one piece of poetry that is published as part of the anthology.
In 2022 there are prizes of $1000 in the categories of Short Fiction (up to 3000 words) and Poetry (up to 3 pages).
https://www.theneoperennialpress.com/heroinesanthologyprize2022
Minds Shine Bright Writing Competition
Closing Date: 28 February 2022.
Minds Shine Bright is an arts business started by Amanda Scotney that was created to help promotes budding writers. The Minds Shine Bright Writing Competition is calling for entries for 2022. The theme is Confidence.
The competition is open to writers of fiction and includes the following categories and word limits:
- Short stories: 5000 words
- Flash Fiction: 1000 words
- Poetry: 240 lines
- Scripts: 90 pages
The winners will be published in an anthology in mid-2022.
Questions Writing Prize 2022
Closing Date: 1 May 2022
The 2022 Questions Writing Prize aims to recognise and reward young Australian writers (18 to 30 years).The writing can be fiction or non-fiction on any topic as long as the piece remains between 1,500 and 2,000 words.
The prize for the best writing submitted is $2,000. The winner of the Questions Writing Prize will have their work published in a book and a forthcoming issue of Questions.