Closing Date: 27 May 2022
Run by WA Poets Inc., the Poetry d’Amour contest seeks original, unpublished love poems. Prize money of $500 is on offer to the winner, with second place taking $200. Entry fee is $10 per poem, with discounts for multiple entries. There is also a youth category for poets aged under 18. Deadline for entries is May 27, for more information see
https://wapoets.com/poetry-damour/poetry-damour-love-poetry-contest/
The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award
Closing Date: 31 May 2022
One of Australia’s most prestigious awards for young writers, The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award offers prize money of $20,000 and publication with Allen & Unwin. Entrants must be younger than 35 on 31 May 2022 (also the deadline for entries), and manuscripts – which can be a work of fiction, history or biography – must be between 50,000 and 80,000 words. An entry fee of $25 applies. See
https://www.allenandunwin.com/being-a-writer/the-australian-vogel-s-literary-award
The Stuart Hadow Prize
Closing date: 1 June 2022
Run by the Fellowship of Australian Writers Western Australia (FAWWA), this annual short story contest has a first prize of $1000 and a week of unpaid residency at Mattie Furphy House in Swanbourne. Second prize receives $300 and third prize $100. It is open themed with a maximum of 3,000 words per previously unpublished story. FAWWA may publish winning entries in its publications.
Link: https://www.fawwa.org/writing-competitions
Susie Warrick Young Writers Award
Closing date: 29 June 2022
This short-story competition is open to students (from stages 3, 4 and 5) living in the Northern Rivers and has three age categories. Enter an original short story of up to 1000 words for a chance to win up to $500 and publishing opportunities with Byron Writers Festival.
Link: http://byronwritersfestival.com/swywa/
Scribe Varuna Residency
Closing date: 18 June 2022
These intensive publishing mentorships provide manuscript feedback and meetings with Scribe editorial staff, independent writing time in a private writing studio at Varuna, accommodation and meals. Scribe editors provide feedback at the beginning and end of the residency as well as having ongoing input. The 2022 program is looking for works of literary fiction.
Link: https://www.varuna.com.au/fellowships/scribe
Maureen Freer Literary Competition
Closing date: 30 June 2022
This competition has three categories – short story, poetry and flash fiction – with each yielding a prize pool of $300/$100/$50 for the top three works in each field.
Entries open 12 March 2022 and close 30 June 2022. Entry fees are A$10 per entry or A$20 for
three entries in one or all categories. (Maximum six entries per person – in one or all categories).
Link: https://fawq.com.au/competitions/
ARA Historical Novel Prize
Closing date: 30 June 2022
$30,000 prize money for an historical novel published between 1 January 2019 and 30 June 2020. Submissions will be judged on excellence in writing, depth of research, and reader appeal.
Link: https://hnsa.org.au/ara-historical-novel-prize/
The Moth International Short Story Prize
Closing date: 30 June 2022
The Moth prize is open to anyone aged sixteen and over. There is an open theme, with first place taking out €3,000. Word limit is 5,000 and entry fee is €15 per story. Judge is Mark Haddon.
Link: themothmagazine.com
ACU Prize for Poetry
Closing date: 6 July 2022
This prize, with total prize money of $18,000 ($10,000) for first prize, invites entries on the theme of ‘Generosity’. Judged by Chris Wallace-Crabbe. Poems should not exceed 80 lines and there is an entry fee of $25 per poem.
Link: artsandculture.acu.edu.au/initiatives-and-prizes/acu-prize-for-poetry
Richell Prize for Emerging Writers
Closing date: 17 July 2022
The prize offers $10,000 and a year’s mentoring with one of Hachette Australia’s publishers to develop a manuscript. Guardian Australia will publish an extract of the first chapter of the winning work on its website. The prize is open to unpublished writers of adult fiction and adult narrative non-fiction.
Link: https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/richell-prize-emerging-writers/
Write North Writers’ Group Residency
Closing date: 27 July 2022
The residency is valued at almost $40,000, including in-kind and the cash value of the residency, plus $10,000 direct financial support. It will support a writers’ group of up to four members in a creative residency across seven days in Byron Bay.
Ray Koppe ASA Young Writers Residency
Closing date: 29 July 2022
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) awards a residential fellowship to a writer under the age of 35 who is as yet unpublished. The fellowship is a two-week residency (including accommodation and all food), a one-hour consultation with a Varuna consultant, a year’s membership to the Australian Society of Authors, and a travel subsidy if the recipient lives outside NSW.
Link: https://www.asauthors.org/services/ray-koppe-residency
Mary River Press Services Short Story Prize
Closing Date: 30 July 2022
This short story competition offers prize money of $140 in total and invite both fiction and non-fiction entries. Stories should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Cost of entry ranges between $3 and $5, with a deadline of July 30. Entrant should be aged 16 or over. For details go to: https://maryriverpress.com/competitions/
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