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Year
MS Creative Writing Club
May Competitions

Shaun Tan Art Prize 23rd May 2022

Hatchette (previously John Marsden Prize) TBA

Hatchette (John Marsden Prize for Young Writers) Opens April 2022 Closes

https://www.hachette.com.au/win/

Short Fiction

 

BRIDPORT SHORT STORY PRIZE
https://bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/short-story/
£12 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31, 2022. Gail Honeyman was shortlisted in our competition and went on to write Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, winning the Costa debut novel award. All the winning and highly commended pieces are entered into the Sunday Times Audible competition, top prize £30,000. UK based writers are entered into the BBC short story competition. That’s not all, literary agent A.M. Heath reads all the shortlist and considers representation. First prize: £5,000. Second prize: £1,000. Third prize: £500. Highly Commended 10 x £100. The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English aged 16 and over. Short story 5000 words maximum. No minimum.

WA First Chapter competition due 31st May

Eastwood Hills Annual literacy competition 15th May

Flash Fiction Competition

Posted on Entries close on 15 May 2022

Submit flash fiction, poetry, memoir or a short story to the Eastwood Hills FAW 2022 Annual Literary Competition.

Categories

  • Flash Fiction (up to 500 words)
  • Philippa Holland Award for Poetry – Includes all forms of poetry except Bush Poetry* (max. 80 lines per poem)
  • Alan Russell Award for Memoir (up to 1,500 words)
  • Short Story (up to 1,500 words).

Entry fee: $8 per entry or $30 for four entries.

Prizes: Certificates and monetary prizes are awarded to first and second place in each of the four categories. See the competition’s website for more details.

Closing date: Sunday 15 May 2022.

Please visit the Eastwood Hills FAW website for further details.

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