Australian Prose Competitions
Newcastle Short Story Award – Opening Soon
Sutherland Shire Literary Competition
Bristol Short Story Prize-2020
Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
Stringybark Short Story Competitions
Alan Marshall Short Story Award
Copper Triangle Writers’ Group 2017 Literary Competition
ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
CYA – Aspiring (Unpublished) Competition
National Henry Lawson Society Award
Australian/ Vogel’s Literary Awards
Shore Scripts Screenwriting Competition
Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
Umoja Orphanage Writing Competition
Mona Brand Short Story Competition
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
The Caterpillar Short Story Prize
Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW
The Best of Times Short Story Competition
AN Aussie Year Writing Competition
Open to children aged 6 – 12 with an Australian postal address
Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
ServiceScape Short Story Award
The ESU- Roly Sussex Short Story Award
Positive Words Mini Competition
Australian Poetry Competitions
Newcastle Poetry Prize
sponsored by the University of Newcastle
W B Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia
Adelaide Plains Poets Inc Poetry Competition – Poetic Pause blogspot
National Henry Lawson Society Poetry Competition
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards
Ipswich Poetry Feast International Poetry Writing Competition
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