Calls for submission, competitions, and opportunities in Australia

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...

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PrizeNamed in honour of a distinguished Queensland poet, the Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript is committed to encouraging emerging Queensland poets.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

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

The Department of English at the University of Sydney is pleased to invite entries for two literary awards, made possible through generous bequests to the University: the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award 2019 and the David Harold Tribe Fiction Prize 2019.

CONTACT USIf you have any queries please contact:AFAL Project OfficerPhone: (08) 8207 7215Email: SLSACommunityLearning@sa.gov.au 2020 AWARD NOMINATIONS OPENEntries for the 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature are now open and close on Wednesday 31...

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...

The 2019 ACU Prize for Poetry aims to support writers and to continue the tradition of the Catholic Church as a key patron of the arts. Following the success of the Prize in previous years, the ACU Prize for Poetry will be awarded for outstanding poetry...

Each year, The Wheeler Centre picks ten outstanding writers and gives them $15,000 each to develop their work. Applications for 2019 are now open until 5pm Friday 12 July.  Take your story to The Next Chapter.Every writer knows that the story is only the...

Australian poets are invited to submit poems to be considered for this significant opportunity, to be awarded as winner or published as part of 60+ authors selected from submissions. Open now and closes August.

Complete poetry submissions only.Submissions close: Wednesday, 10 July 2019Publication date: 4 November 2019Griffith Review | South Bank Campus, Griffith UniversityPO Box 3370, South Brisbane QLD | Australia 4101 Phone: +61 7 3735...

Announcing the launch of the 2018 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize, in partnership with Rabbit: a journal for nonfiction poetry.

Through the ambitious, innovative and wide-reaching Next Chapter scheme, the Wheeler Centre has devoted itself to making it easier to be an Australian writer with a story to tell.This scheme is about giving writers time and space to craft a voice and a...

Are you a storyteller living in the Northern Territory? Or a storyteller with a legacy connection to the Territory?Borderlands is open for submissions for its first online edition. Charles Darwin University, in partnership with Westerly, will publish a...

Entries for the 2019 Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize are now open.The prestigious Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize, worth approximately $3000, is open for award to an author of original poetry in the English language and who is an Australian citizen. The...

The Wyndham Writing Awards (previously Words of Wyndham) returns in 2019 to inspire, encourage and recognise emerging Victorian adult writers and literary creators.Prizes will be awarded for unpublished works in four categories: short story, graphic short...

MPU Publishing's new Editor-in-Chief Tina Giannoukos invites submissions for MPU’s Chapbook Poet Series for Published PoetsSubmissions are open for MPU’s new chapbook series for published poets for publication in 2020.Manuscripts will be selected during...

The annual Northern Territory Literary Awards celebrate the unpublished work of Territory writers in a range of categories.   The NT Writers’ Centre Poetry Award will be awarded to a single poem up to 300 lines, and the winning poet will receive $1,000 as...

Entries are now open for one of Australia’s richest poetry prizes, the 2019 ACU Prize for Poetry, with poets from all over the country competing for the coveted $10,000 first prize. The 2019 ACU Prize for Poetry will be awarded for outstanding poetry with...