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Welcome to AWMonline, the online version of The Australian Writer's Marketplace - every contact you will ever need to succeed in the writing business.

The Australian Writer's Marketplace is a directory for writers. Our database has listings of:

  • writing markets
  • publishers
  • agents
  • publishing services
  • writers' services (editors, manuscript appraisers, etc)
  • industry organisations
  • awards, competitions and grants
  • courses and events 

AWMonline has two types of membership - subscribers and listees.

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Subscribers

Subscribe to view contacts and submission information for over 2,300 publishers, magazines, writing competitions and more. Become a subscriber...

A subscription to The Australian Writer's Marketplace will give you access to our database of contacts and information, as well as allowing you to add listing/s. Payment is required to become a subscriber. You can view our subcription fees here.

Listees

Editors, industry organisations, writing groups and services - list your business online (all listings are free except Writers' Services). List now...  

A listee is someone who wishes to list their company, event, competition, market, service or organisation that is relevant to Australian and New Zealand writers. It is free to list your company (except Writers' Services which incurs a fee of $49.95) but you will not have access to our database.


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 This website is a companion to our print edition, The Australian Writer's Marketplace 2009/10, which is published by Queensland Writers Centre (QWC), a not-for-profit writing organisation. It is the leading provider of specialised services to the writing community of Queensland and is the state's peak body in its field. Visit QWC's website to learn more.

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Register to list your business or title for free and subscribe to access resources and markets.

Upcoming Competitions/Events

  • Bundaberg Writers Club Inc Unpublished Short Story Competition
    Short story to 2,500 words. Any theme. Please see website for entry form or post SSAE.
  • Henry Kendall Poetry Competition
    Download entry forms/conditions from website. Open theme. Permanent residents of Australia eligible. No restriction on number of entries. Entries must not be previously published or currently entered in other competitions. Maximum length of poems is 32 lines. Conducted every second year. Entry forms and guidelines available from late previous year. A selection of poems is published in the anthology which follows the competition. Copyright remains with authors. Contact organisers to confirm opening and closing dates.
  • Writing History Festival
    The History Festival at the NSW Writers’ Centre is an opportunity to celebrate writing stories about the past. There are panels on everything: creating drama from real stories, questions of authority in historical fiction, researching stories from real-life politics or crime, finding out about family history, biography and local/community writing.
  • AWGIE Awards
    The AWGIE Awards are for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. Scripts must have been produced in the preceding year. The Awards are unique in being the only writers' awards judged solely by writers. Awards and nominations are based on the written script - the writer's intention - not the finished product.
  • Prime Minister's Literary Awards
    Celebrating the contribution of Australian literature to the country's cultural and intellectual life. Prize is for a work of the highest literary merit in fiction and non-fiction categories, written by living Australian citizens and permanent residents. Entries must have been published in English and offered for sale in the preceeding year. Please refer to competition guidelines on website for further details.
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