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Competitions and opportunities Wombat Books’ Illustration Challenge Illustrations by school-aged children for publication in Yay! It’s Library Day by Aleesah Darlison. Closing date 28 February 2017 Fee No fee wombatbooks.com.au/ competitions/139-wombat-booksillustration-challenge-2017 Mondeto 2024 Short Story Prize Short stories of any length that describe a credible, positive vision of life in 2024 in a satisfying narrative context. Closing date 31 December 2017 Fee $10 mondeto.com/2024.html The Book Illustration Competition Illustrators over the age of 18 are asked to submit three illustrations and a binding design for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Closing date 16 January 2017 Fee £25 or £15 for students Fish Flash Fiction Contest Flash fiction up to 300 words, with no restriction on theme or style. Closing date 28 February 2017 Fee €14 fishpublishing.com/competition/ flash-fiction-contest Toowoomba Repertory Theatre 2017 Play Writing Competition Submissions of unpublished and unperformed play scripts of one hour in length. Shortlisted playwrights will receive feedback on their work. Two selected winning plays will be performed during the 2017 Carnival of Flowers. Closing date 31 January 2017 Fee $40 toowoombarepertorytheatre.com.au/ html/2017_playwriting_comp.html Fish Poetry Contest Flash fiction up to 4,000 words, with no restriction on theme or style. Closing date 31 March 2017 Fee €14 fishpublishing.com/competition/ poetry-contest Fish Short Memoir Contest Flash fiction up to 300 words, with no restriction on theme or style. Closing date 31 January 2017 Fee €16 fishpublishing.com/competition/ short-memoir-contest Gemini Magazine Poetry Prize Unpublished poems of any form, subject matter, style or length from new and established poets. Closing date 3 January 2017 Fee $5 for up to three submissions gemini-magazine.com/poetryopen. html Genjuan International Haibun Contest Haibun between 7 and 35 lines, with at least one haiku included. Entries must be posted as hardcopies to competition coordinators in Japan. Closing date 31 January 2017 Fee No fee hailhaiku.wordpress.com/genjuan Tasmanian Writers’ Prize Open to residents of Australia and New Zealand to submit short stories up to 3,000 words on an island or island-resonant theme. Closing date 13 February 2017 Fee $20 fortysouth.com.au/magazine/ tasmanian-writers-prize Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award Vignettes of poetry or prose in a collection totalling 50-60 pages, written in English and not previously published as a whole. Closing date 28 February 2017 Fee $30 houseofillustration.org.uk/ get_involved/the-book-illustrationcompetition vineleavesliteraryjournal.com/vineleaves-vignette-collection-award.html Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Submissions of short stories of no more than 8,000 words that show the near future of manned space exploration (no more than 50-60 years in the future). Closing date 1 February 2017 Fee No fee baen.com/baenmemorialaward 24 WQ
Text Prize Awarded annually to the best manuscript written for young readers. Open to works of fiction or non-fiction of between 20,000 and 120,000 words, suitable for young adult or children’s readership. Closing date 3 February 2017 Fee $25 textpublishing.com.au/text-prize 2017 Somerset National Poetry Prize Categories for students in years 7-9 and students in years 10-12, for poems up to 50 lines. Winner receives $300 plus flights to Somerset Celebration of Literature. Closing date 9 December 2016 Fee $15 Gival Press Poetry Award Poetry manuscripts of at least 45 pages are eligible for this US contest. The winner receives USD$1,000 and a publishing contract with Gival Press. Closing date 15 December 2016 Fee $20 Tom Collins Poetry Prize This WA contest is for poetry up to 60 lines. 1st prize $1,000; 2nd $400; four highly commended of $150 each. Closing date Prize opens in November 2016 Fee not stated fawwa.org/competitions Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition For unpublished and unagented writers of children’s and young adult fiction. Top prize is a publishing deal with Chicken House and £10,000 (subject to contract), plus agent representation. Closing date 18 December 2016 Fee £15 chickenhousebooks.com/ submissions/#about Boulevard Short Fiction Contest Open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction, poetry or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. Top prize $1,500 and publication in Boulevard. Closing date 31 December 2016 Fee $16 somerset.qld.edu.au/celebration-ofliterature/competitions/poetry-prize somerset.qld.edu.au/celebration-ofliterature/competitions/poetry-prize boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictioncontest Ballymaroe International Poetry Prize This Irish contest offers €10,000 to the winner and €1,000 to each of three runners up. Closing date 31 December 2016 Fee €12 per poem themothmagazine.com/a1-page. asp?ID=8010&page=13 Keep your eye out for these opportunities that may open soon: ABR Calibre Prize australianbookreview.com.au/prizes/ calibre-prize/current-prize black&write! fellowships slq.qld. gov.au/whats-on/awards/blackwrite/ fellowships EJ Brady Short Story Competition artsmallacoota.org/page10.htm The Hope Prize bsl.org.au/events/ the-hope-prize Inky Awards insideadog.com.au/ page/inky-awards National Biography Awards sl.nsw. gov.au/about-library-awards/ national-biography-award Banjo Patterson Poetry Competition brandorange.com.au/orange-nsw/ banjo-paterson-festival Colin Roderick Award jcu.edu.au/ foundation-for-australian-literarystudies/colin-roderick-award Mulga Bill Writing Award mulgabillwritingaward.wordpress. com John O’Brien Festival Open Writing Competition johnobrien.org.au/openwriting-competition-guidelines Jospehine Ulrick Poetry and Literature Prizes griffith.edu.au/ humanities-languages/schoolhumanities-languages-socialscience/news-events/josephineulrick-prizes Prime Minister’s Literary Awards arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/howenter Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards pba.slwa.wa.gov.au WWW.WRITINGQUEENSLAND.COM.AU 25
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