Please read the Conditions of Entry before entering. Entries accepted: March 1 to June 30, results announced on the 2nd of September.
The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards : a unique national project, giving Australia’s youth a voice and an opportunity to strive for excellence in literature
- • A national competition launched in 1984
- • This year’s theme is, ‘I Have Promises to Keep‘
- • Competition is for school children aged K-12
- • We’re active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
- • We want to see lots of entries and inspire kids to use their imaginations like our national treasure, Dorothea Mackellar.