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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 levels 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 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.

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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Upcoming Competitions/Events

  • Voices on the Coast - Youth Literature Festival
    The Festival brings some of the finest writers and performers for young people to Queensland's Sunshine Coast each year. It features writers' panels, book-talks, storytelling, workshops and performance and aims to provide a diverse cultural experience for its regional participants.
  • Lochee Andison Youth Literary Award
    The Award is named after the late Lochee Andison, a foundation member of the SA Branch of the Society of Women Writers. It is open to all South Australian secondary students. Prose: up to 2,000 words. Poetry: up to 30 lines.
  • Children's Peace Literature Award
    The Children's Peace Literature Award is a biennial award to one or more Australian authors and/or illustrators of books for children that encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local or inter-personal level. Nominations can be made by publishers and by authors or illustrators. Submissions are requested in letters to publishers and through newspapers and journal notices in March of award years. The judges have discretion to divide the prize between up to three books they consider to be of merit. If, in their opinion, no entry is worthy of the prize, no winner shall be chosen. Confirm closing date with organisers.
  • Todhunter Literary Award
    An annual competition for a short story, essay or play of literary merit between 3,000 and 5,000 (spoken) words. Winners are announced in November, with the announcement of the next year's topic. All entrants are advised by mail. An individual report on work submitted can be ordered by any entrant. Please check website to confirm details and closing date.
  • Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry
    Entries are invited from Australian citizens for this prize for original verse or poetry in the English language. Submissions should consist of a poem, suite of poems, or collection of poems to a minimum length of 50 lines.
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