COMPETITIONS
Competitions GRIFFITH REVIEW EMERGING VOICES COMPETITION Closing date: 19 March Journal the Griffith Review is seeking submissions of fiction or creative nonfiction of between 3,500 and 5,000 words to any theme, with the publisher looking for “new ideas, fresh voices and bold perspectives”. Winners will share a prize pool of $25,000. Entry fees are $15 for journal subscribers and $25 for nonsubscribers. More details: griffithreview.submittable. com/submit
THE DAISY UTEMORRAH AWARD Closing date: 15 December The Daisy Utemorrah Award is for an unpublished manuscript of junior or YA fiction by a First Nations author. The Award is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people currently living in Australia. The winner of the award receives $15,000 and a publishing contract with Magabala Books. No fee to enter. More details: magabala.com/pages/ daisy-utemorrah-award
ETHEL WEBB BUNDELL LITERARY AWARDS 2022 Closing date: 31 March This competition is open in two categories: short stories and poetry. The theme is open in both sections. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words, and poems 100 lines. First prize in both categories wins $400, and there is an entry fee of $10 per piece. More details: swwofwa.com.au/eventflyers.html
NORTHERN BEACHES WRITERS COMPETITION Closing date: 31 March Writers are invited to enter stories of a maximum of 2,500 words on a theme of ‘tree’, along with at least one copyrightfree image that reflects and enhances the story. Stories can non-fiction or fiction. Multiple entries are permitted, with an entry fee per piece of $15. Winner wins
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$100 plus publication. Entrants should be over 18. More details: northernbeacheswritersgroup.com/ northern-beaches-writers-competition/
KYOGLE WRITERS FESTIVAL POETRY COMPETITION Closing date: 1 April The poetry competition for this local festival invites entries in any style up to a maximum length of 35 lines. Poems should in some way address the festival’s theme, ‘Close to Home’. First prize wins $250, with other cash prizes for lower placings. There is a $5 entry fee, which will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. More details: kyoglewritersfestival.com/ poetry-competition/
NEWCASTLE SHORT STORY AWARD Closing date: 25 April The Newcastle Short Story Award invites entries of up 2,000 words on any theme. First prize wins $2,000, with generous cash prizes for second and third too. Entries close at 8pm on April 25, and there is an entry fee of $16.50 per piece. Judges are Joey Bui and Bram Presser. More details: hunterwriterscentre.org/ newcastle-short-story-award-2022/
FURPHY LITERARY AWARD Closing date: 30 April This short story competition has a theme of ‘Australian life in all its diversity’. Stories should be no more than 5,000 words in length; both fiction and nonfiction are permitted. First prize wins an impressive $15,000, with second taking $3,000 and third $2,000. Judges include Anson Cameron and Tara June Winch. More details: furphystory.com.au/ furphy-literary-award/open-shortstory-competition/
ABR ELIZABETH JOLLEY SHORT STORY PRIZE Closing date: 2 May Entries are currently open for the 2022 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story
Prize. The Jolley Prize is worth a total of AU$12,500 – first place will receive $6,000, second place will receive $4,000, and third place will receive $2,500. The Jolley Prize is open to all short story writers writing in English and seeks short stories of between 2,000 and 5,000 words. More details: australianbookreview.com. au/prizes-programs/elizabeth-jolleystory-prize/2022-jolley-prize
POETRY D’AMOUR Closing date: 28 February Run by WA Poets Inc., the Poetry d’Amour contest seeks original, unpublished love poems. Prize money of $500 is on offer to the winner, with second place taking $200. Entry fee is $10 per poem, with discounts for multiple entries. There is also a youth category for poets aged under 18. More details: wapoets.com/poetrydamour/poetry-damour-love-poetrycontest/
THE AUSTRALIAN/VOGEL’S LITERARY AWARD Closing date: 31 May One of Australia’s most prestigious awards for young writers, The Australian/ Vogel’s Literary Award offers prize money of $20,000 and publication with Allen & Unwin. Entrants must be younger than 35 on 31 May 2022 (also the deadline for entries), and manuscripts – which can be a work of fiction, history or biography – must be between 50,000 and 80,000 words. An entry fee of $25 applies. More details: allenandunwin.com/beinga-writer/the-australian-vogel-s-literaryaward
MARY RIVER PRESS SERVICES SHORT STORY PRIZE Closing date: 30 July This short story competition offers prize money of $140 in total and invite both fiction and non-fiction entries. Stories should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Cost of entry ranges between $3 and $5. Entrant should be aged 16 or over. More details: maryriverpress.com/ competitions/
