Creative+Writing

**Creative Writing ** **Book Reviews ** [|www.teenreads.com] [|www.insideadog.org.au] [|www.betweenthelines.com.au] [|www.adbooks.org] [|www.teensreadtoo.com] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Publishers ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.harpercollins.com.au] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.penguin.com.au] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Writing ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.fanfiction.com] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.insideadog.org.au] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Writing Competitions and Grants <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Physics: The Next 100 Years and Beyond] Science Fiction Short Story Competition Physics Society University of Newcastle October <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Make Your Own Story Book] Children's Book Council of Western Australia May WA only Years 1-10 <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Story Telling Competition] Netalert 27 May 2005 <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Write Around Australia] Nestle Senior Primary May <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Write in Your Face] December Young People and the Arts Australia Council age 16-30 years <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Literature] Australia Council <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Katharine Susannah Prichard Short Fiction Awards] September OPEN and the Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards (20 years and under) <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Katharine Susannah Prichard Science Fiction/Fantasy Awards] May OPEN and the Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards (20 years and under) <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Soya Words] Noise August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|ABC Short Story Project] New competiton now on for regional writers! April <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|ABC Fiction Award] June <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Book -in a day Competition] Teams write a book in a day April to August; over, under 18 funds to Princess Margaret Hospital for Children; prizes <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Billabong Valley Writing Competition] September <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">for a children's story of not more than 3000 words. Any subject you choose. Both adults and children can enter! <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Australian Book Review Reviewing Competition 2004 pdf September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Young Reviewer of the Year Competition] <span class="body" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The CBCA (WA Branch) in association with <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The West Australian // <span class="body" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Newspaper August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Tim Winton Award for Young Writers] City of Subiaco May <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Randolph Stow Young Writers Awards] August Geraldton region <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Trudy Graham Literary Awards 2004] Peter Co <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">wan Writers Centre September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|2004 Literary Award] UQ Vanguard September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre] lists some, further in the newsletters available here most for Mundaring region only <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|DMAG and Dymocks National Writing Competition] <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Multicultural Book Competition] closes August <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Stories may be: written solely in a language other than English or presented in bilingual form (accompanying text in English). <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Australian Writing Competition for Primary Students] Weekend Australian August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Hal Porter Short Story Competition] East Gippsland <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Word Map Creative Writing Competition for Kids] ABC Kids Creative Writing September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Word Map Creative Writing Competition for Adults] ABC Kids Creative Writing September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Martha Richardson Medal] Ballarat Writing Council June <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Southern Cross Literary Competition] Ballarat Writing Council September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Youth Writes] Ballarat Writing Council May <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Write to the Limit] The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Queensland Poetry Festival] <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for unpublished poetry 8 July <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Prize 18 July <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|National Poetry Prize] Somerset College Celebration of Literature <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Somerset National Novella] Somerset College Celebration of Literature <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Very Very Short Story Competition] Smiling Politely Publishing April <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|LiterARTure Award] Vanguard UQKatherine Country Music Muster <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Bush Poetry Written Competition doc early April <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize] October <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Tom Howard Short Story Contest] Jacobyte Books March <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Writing Competitions & Limerick Competition] Jane Austen Society of Australia members only <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|"We'll get you there . Somehow!"] Art/Poetry/Short Story Competition July <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Wannabee Publishing] Short story PoetryApril), <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Convergence] Annual Amateur Science Fiction May <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|WAM Song Of The Year] West Australian Music Industry closes March <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|National Children's Songwriting Competition] Australian Children's Music Foundation September<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Australian Songwriters' Association] January <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Songwriting Competition] South Australian students closes August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|South West English Teachers' Association] <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Western Australia] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Western Australian Young Writers Competitions] LISWA <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Smiling Politely Publishing] competitions, information and publishing for very short story writers <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|How to Enter //The Australian///Vogel Literary Award] Allen & Unwin <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The History of //The Australian///Vogel Literary Award] Allen & Unwin <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Max Afford Playwrights’ Award] Trust Cauz Group July <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Big Australian International Screenwriting Contest] October <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Screenwriters Forum Contest] September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Chesterfield Writer?s Film Project] May <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|World Poetry Day Writing Competition] Dialogue Through Poetry March <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Winning Writers] <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The 2nd Annual Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition 2004] uppublished July The Munster Literature Centre Tigh Litriochta, Frank O'Connor House,Cork <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|WritersDock's 500 Words competition]. Organisers: WritersDock.co.uk & Drinksafetech UK 2nd June 2005 <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|USA Songwriting Competition] international entries, lyrics only category May <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|International Songwriting Competition] September <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Bill Naughton Short Story Competition] September Ireland <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Nosside International] "The only global Poetry Prize without borders for languages or means of communication" <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Writer's Dock Short Story Competition] No - 1 £100 prize - 1500 words UK August <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Writer's Digest] Contests <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|How to Win Writing Contests, Literary Competitions, Short Story Awards, Poetry Prizes, Etc.] Writeway <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Writing Scams] Eliteskills <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Contests] Writers Resources Google Directory Links <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Contests] Writing World Links <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Writing Contests: When Winners Are Losers] Moira Allen Writing World <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Published Prizes and Awards <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Western Australian Premier's Book Awards] State Library of Western Australia January <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Aurealis Awards] November <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Miles Franklin Award] Trust Cauz Group December <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Kathleen Mitchell Award] Trust Cauz Group biennial February <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Max Afford Playwrights' Award] July <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Commonwealth Writers Prize] November <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Children's Book Council of Australia Award] The Children's Book Council of Australia December <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2005] published collection January <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Munster Literature Centre <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Orange Prize for Fiction] only UK women <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Literary Awards] Summaries Dymocks <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Literary Prizes] Larrakin's Lair <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Literary Awards] Contemporary Writers British Council <span style="background-color: white; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|Awards & Prizes] Ozlit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">A <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Try this site for current year competitions <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|AUSTRALIAN WRITERS' RESOURCE] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'; font-size: 37px; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|COMPETITIONS]  **