Top 100 Listings

Top 100 Listings

• ABC Fiction Award - Competitions
  Seeks best original, unpublished fiction manuscript written by an Australian resident over the age of 18. Manuscript must not be under consideration for other awards or by other publishers. See website or contact organisers for further details and to
• Age Short Story Competition, The - Competitions
  Details about closing dates, prizes, etc change from year to year and are published in The Age and on website approximately 8 weeks prior to the closing date. Entries must be typed and double spaced on A4 paper, with the author's name, title and phon
• Flying Pigs - Agents
  Represents all works (books, screenplays, illustrations, music) that have a strong, commercial, mass-market appeal - fiction, non-fiction, child/young adult, adult. Initial contact by phone or email from anywhere in the world. Please note: This agen
• Altair Australia Pty Ltd - Agents
  Work Represented: New and emerging writers of speculative and general fiction.
• FAW (VIC) Angelo B Natoli Short Story Award - Competitions
  An award for a short story on any theme to max 3,000 words. Entries will not be returned.
• Curtis Brown (Australia) Pty Ltd - Agents
  Fiction and non-fiction for adults and children; not currently looking for poetry, picture books, screenplays, stage plays, short stories, or translations. Unsolicited manuscripts not accepted without previous phone or email communication. Member of
• Cameron Creswell Agency - Agents
  Check the website for submissions guidelines. Will not look at any unsolicited submissions which do not follow the guidelines. Member of the Australian Literary Agents' Association.
• Authors' Agent, The - Agents
  The agency offers prompt, personalised and confidential service; excellent publishing contacts; superior expertise in contract negotiation; insights into the publishing process; and skill in matching the right author with the right publisher. The age
• Michael Gifkins & Associates - Agents
  Represents literary and popular fiction for Australasian and international markets. Also young adult fiction, and literary and popular non-fiction. International film rights, co-publications. Interested in new work that has not already been widely of
• Henry Lawson Society of NSW Inc Literary Awards - Competitions
  Presented in honour of Henry Lawson, who grew up in the Gulgong area. Categories include: Open Written Poetry, for a ballad with good rhyme and metre, no word or line limit, Australian theme; Open Short Story, 1,000 words max, Australian theme.
• Writer's World Best New Australian Writers Competition - Competitions
  The Writers' Resource Centre short story competition is held twice a year, with deadlines in May and September. Entry is free, with prize winners and commended stories published in a printed anthology. The story should not be more than 2,500 words. S
• Vignette Press Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Short story to 3,000 words, open theme. Must be original, unpublished work that has not won either a first or second prize in another competition. Vignette's Short Story Competition has been conducted since 1996. Judged by high-profile writers.
• Australian Literary Management - Agents
  Adult literary fiction, non-fiction and fantasy. No poetry, screenplays, or plays. Please phone or email first. Some kinds of writing are not of interest. Member of the Australian Literary Agents' Association.
• ABC Books - Publishers
  ABC Books publishes adult and children's fiction and non-fiction (both trade and ABC program-related product).
• Margaret Connolly & Associates Pty Ltd - Agents
  Represents most genres of writing.
• Golvan Arts Management - Agents
  Represents children's and adult fiction, non-fiction, plays, feature films and television; illustrators. Proposal as outlined in our website for non-fiction book projects or brief letter for other enquiries to postal address. Include SSAE if you want
• IP Picks National Awards for Unpublished Manuscripts - Competitions
  Prizes awarded for unpublished poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, or best first book manuscript. Upper limit for prose is 80,000 words. Check our website for further competition details and information on past winners.
• EJ Brady Short Story Writing Competition - Competitions
  Annual short story competition with an open theme. Entry forms available from March. Two categories: Major Short story maximum 2,500 words or less, Very Short story 700 words or less. Entry form and guidelines on website.
• Rea Francis Management (RFM) - Agents
  Represents fiction, non-fiction, biographies, screenplays and scripts. The Managing Director has experience in public relations, media relations, marketing and the film and television industry.
• Random House Australia - Publishers
  Random House Australia publishes a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, illustrated and children’s books under imprints including Arrow, Bantam, Doubleday, Knopf, Random House and Vintage. In general, the Australian publishing divisions of Random Hous
• Paramount Publishing Annual Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Paramount Publishing Annual Short Story Competition opens at the beginning of February and closes at the end of May each year.
• Advertiser Summer Short Story Competition, The - Competitions
  Three sections: Primary (up to age 12), Secondary (13-17 years), and Adult (over 18 years). Word limit of 1,000 words for Adult and Secondary sections, and 500 words for Primary section. Stories must be unpublished and be accompanied by a photo and s
• Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd Books for Children and Teenagers - Publishers
  Allen & UNwin's Books for Children and Teenagers list comprises award-winning picture books, junior novels, non-fiction, and young adult fiction. Specialisation: Fiction and non-fiction for children and teenagers.
• Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize - Competitions
  Facilitated by Griffith University on behalf of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts. Prize for 1,000-3,000 words of short prose. Please see website for more details.
• ABR Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay - Competitions
  Prize for an original non-fiction essay (in English) between 3,000 and 10,000 words. All non-fiction styles are eligible, including life writing, literary studies, history, politics, anthropology and popular science. Entries must not be under conside
• Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd - Publishers
  Pan Macmillan Australia publishes books for the general market. Specialisation: Humour, memoirs, autobiography and biography, social issues, travel and adventure, novels, literary fiction, psychological thrillers, crime fiction, current affairs, heal
• Book Doctor, The - Agents
  Work Represented: Fiction and general non-fiction, but not New Age or drama. Contact Agent: Email, phone or send three chapters, a covering letter, latest assessment and SSAE for return of manuscript.
• Drummond Agency, The - Agents
  Represents adult and children's non-fiction and fiction, excluding science fiction and fantasy. No poetry, plays or short stories. Contact via email, phone or mail (include SSAE) describing manuscript, assessments if any and writing history. Member o
• Strictly Literary - Agents
  Work Represented: True life adventure, autobiography and biography, fiction, politics, children's. Please inquire first. Also offers a full range of writer's and publishing services.
• Dennison Line, The - Agents
  Prefers manuscripts for adults and young adults particularly quality fiction, biography, short stories, essays. Telephone or email first. Please notify before sending fax.
• Sandy Wagner Creative Agents - Agents
  Does not represent short stories, poetry or academic works. Please contact by phone or send a letter/fax with contact details asking for guidelines.
• Australian Women's Weekly, The - Magazines
  General interest women's magazine, with news, celebrities, human interest, romance stories, mysteries, relationships.
• FAW (QLD) Lovers of Good Writing Competition - Competitions
  The competition caters for poets and short story writers in alternate years. Check with organiser for current year's details.
• FreeXpresSion Literary Competition - Competitions
  Sections: A) Short Story, up to 2,500 words; B) Poetry, Traditional Rhyming up to 80 lines; C) Poetry, Unrhymed up to 60 lines; and D) Article or Essay up to 2,000 words.
• Black Dog Books - Publishers
  Black Dog is an exciting, independent and innovative publisher of books for children. Committed to producing the sort of books kids will want to pick up and read - and pick up and read again. Specialises in historical non-fiction for children under 1
• Hachette Livre Australia - Publishers
  Hachette Livre Australia is part of the Hachette publishing group, Europe's leading publishing company. Hachette Livre Australia is a consumer book publisher, publishing Australian authors and distributing a wide variety of imported books and other m
• Hal Porter Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Manuscripts must be original works, in English, and must not have been previously accepted for publication in Australia. Entries must not exceed 2,500 words. Do not submit entries by email please. Results are available by including a SSAE with entry.
• Glenys Bean: Literary Agent - Agents
  Neither poetry nor individual short stories are represented.
• Mary Cunnane Agency, The: Literary Services and Representation - Agents
  Represents adult fiction and non-fiction. Does not represent children's and YA authors, romance, science fiction, fantasy or new age. Contact by phone, email or letter with SSAE. Member of Australian Literary Agents' Association (ALAA).
• Boroondara Literary Awards - Competitions
  Short Story Award (2-3,000 words) on an open theme. All entrants must reside in Australia. Young Writers Awards (YWA) for Prose and Poetry on open theme (Junior 600-800 words/200 lines; Senior 1,000-1,200 words/200 lines). All YWA entrants must resid
• Section Z Creative Writing Competition - Competitions
  Open Age Short Story: for an original, unpublished story (1,000 words). Open Age Poetry: for an original, unpublished poem (no word limit). Open Age 55-word story: original, unpublished work. School age childrens competition also.
• Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Literary Competition - Competitions
  Entries must be original, unpublished and not have won any awards. Short Story (The Rolf Boldrewood): up to 3,000 words on any topic, Poetry (The Apollo): up to 30 lines on any topic, Bush verse (The Allan Llewellyn): up to 52 lines. Phone for entry
• A&A Book Publishing Pty Ltd - Publishers
  A&A Book Publishing Pty Ltd publishes works by new and emerging authors. Offers quality 'one-stop' self-publishing, e-publishing and traditional publishing. Whilst all manuscripts are considered, A&A involvement is decided on a project-by-project bas
• Tom Howard Short Story Contest - Competitions
  Short stories, essays and prose of any type. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Must be neatly written, typed, or lodged online. Winning stories will be published on the Winning Writers web site. All other rights remain with the author.
• Southern Cross Literary Competition, The - Competitions
  Short story up to 3,000 words and works of fiction up to 10,000 words. Check with organisers to confirm closing date.
• Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award - Competitions
  The Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Award is presented for the best collection of short stories by an Australian author. The Award commemorates the cultural legacy of Arthur Hoey Davis who, writing under the name 'Steele Rudd', helped fashion the short s
• The Text Publishing Company Pty Ltd - Publishers
  Founded in 1990, The Text Publishing Company is a distinctive, independent Australian publisher with interests across the spectrum of quality fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes approximately 100 titles a year into a growing list. Speciali
• Sayer Literary Agency - Agents
  Represents quality non-fiction, poetry and literary fiction.
• HarperCollins Australia Pty Ltd - Publishers
  HarperCollins is one of the leading English-language publishers in the world, and a subsidiary of News Corporation. Headquartered in New York, the company has publishing groups in the US, Canada, the UK and Australasia. See website for further detail
• Brolly Books - Publishers
  Brolly Books is an independent Australian publishing house specialising in children’s books written and/or illustrated by Australian authors and artists. Has a growing list of family and general titles and provides a wide range of publishing services
• Anthony Williams Management - Agents
  Work Represented: Film, theatre, television, radio, directors, screenwriters and authors.
• ABR Poetry Prize - Competitions
  Prize for a single poem of 100 lines or less. Previously published or prize-winning poems are not eligible. Please see website for further details.
• AHWA Flash and Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Competition for previously unpublished horror stories. There are two categories: Flash Fiction (up to 1,000 words) and Short Story (1,500-8,000 words).
• Omnibus Books (an imprint of Scholastic Australia) - Publishers
  Omnibus Books was founded in 1981 as a specialist publishing house for children. In 1991, Omnibus Books became part of the Scholastic Group, but continues to publish its own list of high-quality books. Specialisation: Picture books and fiction for ch
• Penguin Group (Australia) Books for Children and Young Adults - Publishers
  Specialisation: Children's and young adult publishing.
• Aurealis Awards - Competitions
  The Aurealis Awards recognise the achievements of Australian writers of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Prizes are awarded in the following categories; science fiction, horror, fantasy, young adult, children's. The Golden Aurealis is awarded to
• HarperCollins Children's Publishing - Publishers
  The Melbourne office commissions titles for children ranging from picture books to young adult fiction. Specialisation: Fiction for children.
• FAW (QLD) R Carson Gold Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Entrant must be Australian-born (as per the late R Carson Gold's will) and content must be set in Australia or in adjacent islands under Australian law. 5,000 words maximum.
• Positive Words Competition - Competitions
  Categories for poetry and short stories. Closing dates: 23 April, 31 October. Also mini-challenge every month, entry fee $1.00 in usused postage stamps. Contact the Editor for details.
• Scribblers Literary Competition - Competitions
  The Scribblers Literary Competition is held annually. It is a nationwide competition judged by qualified literary professionals.
• CJ Dennis Literary and Poetry Award - Competitions
  The winners of the CJ Dennis Literary Awards are announced during the CJ Dennis Festival, held annually in Auburn, SA, on the second weekend in September. Two literary categories: Short Story open; Short Story theme. Submissions are limited to 2,500
• Brandl & Schlesinger Book Publishers Pty Ltd - Publishers
  Brandl & Schlesinger is an independent Australian publisher with many award-winning authors. Specialisation: Quality literary fiction and non-fiction, biography, social history, poetry, visual arts, popular culture, translations and academic journals
• Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize - Competitions
  The award honours Bruce Dawe and is for an original unpublished poem of not more than 50 lines. No theme. Check with the organisers for confirmation.
• Ibis Brewster Publishing - Publishers
  Ibis Brewster Publishing is an innovative independent publisher of adult non-fiction and children's books for the Australian and international markets. Ibis Brewster Publishing launched its first titles in April 2004. Specialisation: Children's and
• Calidris Literary Agency - Agents
  Work Represented: Non-fiction, especially travel narrative, memoir, biography, natural history. Some fiction considered, but not science fiction, fantasy, children's, or poetry. Manuscript appraisal service also available. Contact initially by phone
• Penguin Group (Australia) - Publishers
  Specialisation: Fiction and non-fiction.
• Kathleen Julia Bates Memorial Competition - Competitions
  Open only to Australian Buzz Words subscribers, this competition is for a picture book text suitable for readers under the age of 8 years. Subject matter is open. Judged by children's book editors. Instructions to illustrators should be kept at a min
• Zeitgeist Media Group - Agents
  Zeitgeist Media Group (ZMG) is a new style media-focused literary agency. We make sure that your novel or non-fiction work jumps above all others in the minds of potential publishers and media, helping clients reach publishers then TV, radio and maga
• Five Mile Press, The - Publishers
  The Five Mile Press is an independent Australian publishing house owned by Bonniers International, a Swedish-based media company. Specialisation: Adult non-fiction, children's novelty books, licensed books, early learning and activity books and stati
• Society of Women Writers Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Max 2,500 words, typed on A4 paper with pen name only. Must be unpublished, and not entered in any other competition. In even-numbered years the competition is for members only. In odd-numbered years the competition is open. Contact the Society for d
• Writers of Wynnum Manly Spring Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Short story competition, open theme, up to 2,500 words.
• Ena Taylor Award - Competitions
  Theme changes each year, 2008 is biography, word length up to 1500 words. Age limit open. Please see website for further details.
• Science Fiction Writers of Earth Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Both science fiction and fantasy are accepted - 2,000 to 7,500 words. This competition is open to previously unpublished writers only (unpublished is defined as never having received money for a published piece of fiction at the time of entry). Check
• Australian, The - Newspapers
  National broadsheet newspaper. Publishes national and international news, and a wide variety of feature sections. See website for further details.
• Book Abyss Writing Competition - Competitions
  Open topic up to 1,000 words. Include cover letter with your name, address, word count, title, email address . For full details, please see website. www.thebookabyss.com.au
• Lothian Children's Books - Publishers
  Lothian Children's Books is a division of Hachette Livre Australia, specialising in children's books (including picture books, early readers, junior fiction and young adult novels). Lothian Children's currently accepts manuscript submission via agent
• Hybrid Publishers - Publishers
  Publishes a wide range of titles, from legal to self-help to fiction. Now also has new Ford Street Publishing imprint, for YA and children's fiction. Alternative contact: Anna Rosner Blay, Managing Editor
• University of Queensland Press - Publishers
  The University of Queensland Press publishes a broad range of general interest, literary and scholarly titles. Specialisation: Literary fiction, social and political issues, literary criticism, biography, Indigenous issues, Indigenous writing, childr
• FAW (WA) Haddow Stuart Short Story Award - Competitions
  Open competition, attracts entries from all around Australia. Winning stories published in the Fellowship's monthly newsletter and publicised in leading media throughout Australia. Judges chosen from among Western Australia's leading short story writ
• Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Competitions
  The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards recognise Australian achievements in writing. Awards include the Fiction Book Award, the Emerging Queensland Author Manuscript Award, the David Unaipon Award for an Unpublished Indigenous Writer, Non-fiction B
• Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd - Publishers
  Walker Books Australia is the Australian subsidiary of the UK independent children's publishing company and is dedicated to creating books of the highest editorial, design and production standards. Specialisation: Children's books.
• Parragon Publishing - Publishers
  International publishing company, specialising in illustrated non-fiction (ie. cookery), adult reference books, and children's titles. Established Australasian branch in 2007.
• Page Seventeen Short Story and Poetry Competition - Competitions
  Short story to 3,000 words, poetry to 60 lines. Email, mail or check website for terms and conditions. Confirm closing date with organisers.
• Eastern Regional Libraries Story Writing Competition - Competitions
  Short story writing competition: maximum of 3,000 words.
• Ginninderra Press - Publishers
  Ginninderra Press was established in 1996 with a view to giving publishing opportunities to new authors. It has since broadened its focus to established authors as well. Specialisation: Poetry, short fiction, non-fiction (education, politics, history
• Little Hare Books - Publishers
  Little Hare Books is based in Sydney and publishes high-quality children's books in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US. Has brought together some of the top authors and illustrators from around the world to produce exceptional books across a r
• FAW (NSW) Marjorie Barnard Award - Competitions
  The Marjorie Barnard Award is for a short story of no more than 3,000 words. Entrants are to be permanent residents of Australia and the work should be original, unpublished, not have won any previous competition at the time of entry, typed and doubl
• Paramount Publishing International Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Opens 1st August. Closes end of November. Entry forms can be downloaded from website.
• Qantas - The Australian Way - Magazines
  Qantas The Australian Way is the inflight magazine on Qantas international and domestic flights, including QantasLink services to regional Australia. Content is generally a mix of news, travel, people, business, sports and arts features.
• Todhunter Literary Award - Competitions
  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
• New South Wales Literary Awards - Competitions
  The New South Wales Literary Awards honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers. Prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature and th
• Wet Ink: the Magazine of New Writing - Magazines
  Wet Ink publishes contemporary, high-quality writing, featuring the work of new and emerging writers alongside that of established authors. Wet Ink judges and publishes the winning poems of the yearly Blake Poetry Prize.
• Age, The - Newspapers
  In publication since 1854. Melbourne and Victoria's premier broadsheet newspaper, committed to providing compelling quality journalism that continues to attract an influential and discerning readership. Topics of Interest: Daily news, world news, bus
• Port Macquarie-Hastings Regional FAW Annual Writing Competition - Competitions
  SHORT STORY 3000 words max. POETRY up to 40 lines. MEMOIR 1000 words max. All open themes.
• Bundaberg Writers Club Inc Unpublished Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Short story to 2,500 words. Any theme. Please see website for entry form or post SSAE.
• Raspberry & Vine Short Story Competition - Competitions
  Unpublished fiction not exceeding 4,000 words. Any genre. For details of other competitions, and to confirm closing dates (April, October), see website.
• Society of Women Writers (QLD) Annual Short Story and Article Competition - Competitions
  Member's Only Competition. Categories: Short story, article and open genre. One entry each category, word count 1,000-1,500. Confirm closing date with organisers. Awards presented second Tuesday in December.
• Australian Shadows Award - Competitions
  Awarded annually for the best piece of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian (poetry, short story, anthology etc). Anyone can submit by sending details to the Director.
• Emerging Writers Festival - Events
  The festival promotes, networks and engages with a range of Australia's most exciting writers. It is a celebration and investigation of writers of all ages and in all literary forms: from comics to screenwriters, journalists to activists, poetry to h