2024 Competitions and Opportunities
We are currently not accepting submissions for fourW.
If you have summitted work and paid your submission fees, you will be contacted by the editorial team.
Submissions to fourW35 Anthology of New Writing
Closes 30 June
All submissions to fourW are considered for the Booranga Literary Prizes
Submission Guidelines
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.
Submissions Guidelines
CLOSING SOON
Closes 24 June
Frank Moorehouse Fellowship for Young Writers
Closes 28 June
Elisabeth Maynard Writer-in-Residence
Closes 30 June
AAWP Writing Prizes
Closes 30 June
Society of Women Writers National Writing Competition
Closes 30 June
Heroine's Anthology Volume 6
Closes 3 July
Canberra Youth Theatre Emerging Playwright Commission
Closes 31 July
Witcraft Annual Humour Competition
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES
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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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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Emerging Refugee Artist Development Program
Ongoing
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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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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Light Horse Australia: Harry Chauvel Foundation
Help us build on online Light Horse Anthology
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Help us build on online Light Horse Anthology
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Rabbit Journal Submissions
Ongoing
Science Write Now Submissions
Ongoing
Sisters in Crime Australia Inc
The School Magazine
Ongoing submissions.
Writers, Illustrators, Comic Serial Creators, Cartoonists.
The Suburban Review
Various dates
