Monday, 10 January 2022

2022 Competitions and Opportunities

 

2022 Competitions and Opportunities

 

Submissions to fourW  Anthology of New Writing  
Closes 30 June each year
All submissions to fourW are considered for the Booranga Literary Prizes
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Booranga Literary Prizes
The Booranga Prizes, of $500 each, are chosen from all submissions to fourW and are awarded to the best poem and the best short story submitted each year and are published in our annual anthology, fourW.
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Writing NSW
Regional Writers support
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Writing NSW Grants - Various
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Australian Writers’ Centre Furious Fiction
First weekend of each season (March, June, September, December)
Writers have 55 hours to write a 500 words-or-fewer story to be in the running for $500. On the first Friday of every month, a new set of short story prompts will be revealed to guide writers.
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Baby Teeth Journal Submissions
Ongoing
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Big Issue
Contributor guidelines

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Eureka St Submissions
Ongoing


Fairlight Moderns - novella submissions
Currently seeking submissions of novella-length works in English from authors based anywhere in the world. We are particularly keen to publish work by new and emerging writers,
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Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc
Various competitions open throughout the year
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KSP 2023 Residency Program 
Various dates
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Light Horse Australia: Harry Chauvel Foundation
Help us build on online Light Horse Anthology
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Lighthouse Arts Residencies
Applications ongoing


Mona Magazine submissions
Ongoing


Science Write Now Submissions
Ongoing


Spread the Stories not the Virus
Ongoing
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The Moderate Review
Submissions Ongoing


The School Magazine
Ongoing submissions.
Writers, Illustrators, Comic Serial Creators, Cartoonists.


The Suburban Review
Various dates


2022 Monthly Writing Workshops


Monthly Writing Workshops

 

 Places limited. Please adhere to current Covid-safe practices at these workshops.

Bookings Essential RSVP director@booranga.com

We invite writers of all abilities, genres and interests to join us with a piece of writing you are working on, to workshop, develop and share with fellow writers. Please bring multiple copies (6 - 8) of the work to share around the table for editing purposes if you wish to share your work. These will be returned to you at the end of the workshop.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided.

Booranga is a friendly environment to nurture your creative writing while enjoying the company of like-minded people of all ages and stages of their craft.


Regular workshop fees:
$10 for 2022 financial members
$15 for non-members 

*When our visiting writers-in-residence conduct the workshops they will run in a different format with writing tasks being set by them for all participants.
Workshop fees
$10 for 2022 financial members
*$20 for non-members



Third Saturday of each month 

Proposed dates, subject to change

15 January: Booranga, 2 - 4pm

*19 February: Booranga, 2 - 5pm with writer-in-residence Les Wicks *

19 March: Booranga, 2 - 4pm 

*
13 & 14 April:  with writer-in-residence Gretel Killeen 
Details here     Bookings essential   Tickets here


21 May:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

18 June:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

*9 July:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm with writer-in-residence Craig Billingham *

*6 August:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm with writer-in-residence Benjamin Dodds*

*17 September:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm with Nathan Curnow*

22 October:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm 

19 November:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

Cancelled 17 December:  Booranga, 2 - 4pm

Proposed dates, subject to change