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Upcoming Competitions/Events

  • Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
    The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival is a festival of ideas celebrating books and reading, with events, panels and workshops involving many distinguished local, Asia-Pacific and international writers. Affiliated with the Sydney Writers Festival.
  • Writers' Emeritus Awards
    The award acknowledges writers over the age of 65 who have made outstanding and lifelong contributions to Australian literature. Writers must be nominated by other people. There must be documented proof that the maximum annual income for a nominated writer is less than $40,000 pa. Award nomination forms are required and award guidelines are available. For full details see the Australia Council Support for the Arts Handbook at website.
  • Charlee Marshall Bush Poetry Competition
    Banana Shire Council sponsors this competition in memory of Charlee Marshall, one of Australia's finest humorous bush poets. Poetry entries to be in traditional bush verse and limited to 100 lines. Contact Coordinator to confirm closing dates.
  • Bundaberg WriteFest
    Workshops by industry professionals and authors. Third Saturday in May. Additional readers' festival on Sunday: 'Get Booked on Sunday'.
  • Sydney Writers' Festival
    SWF is an annual celebration of the written word. It is recognised as one of the world’s finest literary events and is the third largest festival of its kind in the world. In 2007, the Festival played host to over 420 local and international writers who interacted with an audience of 87,000 in over 320 events.
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