Calls for submission, competitions, and opportunities in Australia

 

Call for submissions for Rabbit 31: The Science Issue

Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry is currently accepting submissions of nonfiction poetry for Rabbit 31: The Science Issue, to be guest-edited by Tricia Dearborn (author of Autobiochemistry, 2019). This issue seeks poetry that flirts with, wrangles with or...

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award – Now Open

Further your involvement in the literary world with our friends at Aesthetica Mag. The Creative Writing Award is now open for entries. Submit your Poetry and Short Fiction work and win £1,000 + publication within an inspiring anthology. Find out more:...

Writers Wanted!

From Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office: We know that lots of writers and creatives have had the regular work they do to keep them writing cancelled due to the Covid situation. We are looking for ways to support our City of Literature community at this time....

Starting Blocks With Sandra Thibodeaux

STARTING BLOCKS WITHSANDRA THIBODEAUXDARWIN: March 14Got a great idea but don’t know where to start? Starting Blocks is a hands-on workshop that will take you through the basic elements of creative writing, such as description, character, plot, structure, dialogue and...

First Nations Writers’ Residency, Broome 4-13 May

To apply and for more info visit: australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/funding-index/first-nations-writers-residency/ Please share widely. Applications close: Thursday 12 March 2020 (11.59pm AEDT)  To discuss your application, please contact, Joanne Brown, Manager First...

Australian Poetry Anthology 2020 Submissions

We invite all Australian Poetry subscribers to submit to the Australian Poetry Anthology, Volume 8 2020. Submissions to the Anthology opened on Monday, 24 February, and close 11.59 pm, 15 March 2020. The Anthology will be published in May/June, with ACCEPTANCES only...

The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry

Submission GuidelinesPublishers are invited to enter books published between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019.Submissions must be received by February 15, 2020.There is a $20 submission fee. Unlimited submissions are allowed, but each book requires...

Entries Open – NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2020

Entries close at 5pm Monday 14 October 2019 so be sure to get your entry in soon.  The NSW Premier's Literary Awards are the richest state-based literary awards in the country with up to $305,000 in prize money to be awarded in 2020. The categories offered...

The Annual W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia

'We who care deeply about the arts find ourselves the priesthood of an almost forgotten faith, and we must, I think, if we would win the people again, take upon ourselves the method and fervour of a priesthood. We must be humble and half-proud. . . . We...

Entries for MPU International Poetry Competition close on Aug 28

The 2019 IPC is generously supported by Readings Books & Music. 2019 IPCFirst piece of important business is that the 25th annual MPU International Poetry Competition has five days left to get your entries in (extended deadline). The final closing date...

2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

Entries are now open for the $9,000 Peter Porter Poetry PrizeJudged by John Hawke, Bronwyn Lea and Philip MeadAustralian Book Review welcomes entries in the sixteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for...

Rattle Poetry Prize

DEADLINE:July 15th The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $10,000 for a single poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. Ten finalists will also receive $200 each and publication, and be eligible for the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be...

Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize

2019 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry PrizeNamed in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript is committed to encouraging emerging Queensland poets.  Now in its 17th...

Pave / Woorilla Poetry Prize 2019

Complete the entry form online.https://pavefest.wufoo.eu/forms/m1p31s01rv1rss/A downloadable copy of the 2019 entry form is be available here.

Queensland Literary Awards – now open

The 2019 awards are open and offer a total prize pool of $253,500. There are ten national prizes for outstanding books by Australian writers, illustrators and creators. This includes the $25,000 Queensland Premier’s Award for a work of State Significance...