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Short Story and Poetry Competitions

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Please note: This is a guide only to current literary competitions. No responsibility taken for any inaccuracies in the following lists. Please check with the competition secretary to confirm details. Most competitions require an entry form so please use the links and/or contact details to obtain entry forms.

Usual Competition Conditions.

• Entries should be submitted in English, using one side of A4 paper, typed double spaced in a plain typeface (12 pt min) using generous margins.
• No names or addresses to appear on manuscripts. A separate cover sheet must be attached, containing the title of the entry, section, word or line count, author's name, address, telephone number and email address (if available). Title and page number (only) of entry should appear on each page of the manuscript.
• Entries must be original and must not have won a cash prize in any other competition nor been published in any form, as at the closing date of the competition.
• Entry fees: cheques or money orders should be made payable to the organisers, unless otherwise stipulated. Multiple entries may be paid within one cheque or money order. Do not send coins or stamps.
• Copyright remains with the author. Entries will not be returned and will be destroyed after the announcement of results.
• The judges decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Please send a SSAE if you require a copy of the results mailed to you.

 

Closing Date	Title and Description	Contact details
17 August 07	ABC Short Story Project ABC radio short story project is open to Australian residents who live outside the metropolitan areas of major capital cities(though writers from Hobart and Darwin are eligible to enter). stories must be original, previously unpublished, max. 800 words. They should be imaginative but ned not necessarily be fiction, looking for a great yarn that will engage the reader and translate well to radio. Ten winning stories will be produced for radio and broadcast on Radio National and ABC Local Radio stations around Australia. The winning writers will each receive $700. A further 10 runners up will have their stories published on the ABC website and will receive $50.00 ABC short gift vouchers.	See www.abc.net.au/short stories for details.
30 Aug 07	Ena Taylor Awards Supported by the Peter Cowan Writers' Centre for a piece of historical fiction 2000 words max or 50 lines of poetry. Entry fee $5.00 or $12.00 for three entries. Cash prizes will be awarded: First prize $100.00; 2nd prize $50.00.	For more information and entry form: Ena Taylor Award, Peter Cowan Writers Centre, PO Box 239, Joondalup WA 6919
31 Aug 07	Scarlet Stiletto Awards Women's crime and mystery short story competition. 5000 words max. HarperCollins 1st Prize: $750 & and the Stiletto Trophy Kill City 2nd prize: $400 Readings 3rd prize: $250 Kerry Greenwood Malice Domestic Award $500 Allen & Unwin Young Writer's Award $250 Cate Kennedy Best New Talent Award $350 Dorothy Porter Award for Innovation $250 Pulp Fiction Funniest Crime Award $150 Chronicles Bookstore Police Procedural Award $200. Entry Fee: $10.00	Details and entry form: www.vicnet.net.au/~sincoz/ or call Carmel Shute: 03 9278 4770 or write to Sisters in Crime, GPO Box 5319, Melbourne, Vic 3001.
31 Aug 07	Calibre Prize Australian Book Review (ABR) and the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) are calling for entries for the $10,000 Calibre Prize for an outstanding essay. All non-fiction subjects are eligible, from life writing to literary studies, history to politics, biography to philosophy, natural history to popular science, travel writing to environmental studies.	The guidelines and application form are on the ABR website: www.australianbookreview.com.au ABR will announce the results in early December, and will publish the winning essay along with other short listed essays.
31 Aug 07	Maygog Publishing Short Story competition For a story 2,500 words max. on any subject and any style.	For details: www.maygog.com/maygog/competition.html
31 Aug 07	Blast Submissions of poems, critical writing and short stories sought for Blast #6. Subscriptions $20.00 per annum for 2 issues, postage included Cheques payable to Blast Magazine	Submissions and subscriptions: Ann Nugent, Blast, PO Box 134, Campbell ACT 2612 email: anugent@annsverandah.com or visit www.annsverandah.com
31 Aug 07	Sentences Literary Competition Open Short Story 2500 words max. Poetry 30 lines max. No entry form required. Cover sheet to include name, address and title of each entry. Entry fee $5 or 3 entries for $12. 1st prize: $150; 2nd prize $75; 3rd prize $50.	Send entries to The Bridge Foundation, PO Box 9279, Sale Vic 3853. Enquiries: bridge.foundation@kilmany.org.au or 03 5144 7777.
1 Sept 07	Genre Fiction Award Announcing The New Holland Publishers Australia and The NSW Writers' Centre inaugural Genre Fiction Award. First prize is publication by New Holland. Anybody with a novel manuscript in their bottom drawer can enter the Genre Fiction Award for a chance to be published. It is open to all published and unpublished popular fiction adult writers resident in Australia. Presented by New Holland Publishers and the NSW Writers' Centre, this award is a fantastic opportunity for writers of genre fiction to see their work in print.  Genre fiction categories include: crime, adventure, action/thriller, historical, family saga, chic lit, lad lit, romance, science fiction, fantasy, humour and others. First prize is publication by New Holland Publishers and a 20-hour manuscript development grant from the NSW Writers' Centre.  Second prize is a 15-hour manuscript development grant and third prize a 10-hour manuscript development grant.  All short-listed entries will also be considered for publication.  Entrants must be members of the NSW Writers' Centre and are asked to initially submit a synopsis and the first three chapters of their novel.  Short-listed entrants will then be asked for their full manuscript. Entries must be received at the NSW Writers' Centre by 5pm on Monday 1 September.	Go to Webpage on NSW Writers Centre website for details: HERE. Inquiries: Irina Dunn (Executive Director NSW Writers Centre): 02 9555 9757; email: nswwc@nswwriterscentre.org.au.