New annual prize for a book-length work of fiction. Winner receives prize money of $20,000, plus advance of $15,000, and publication with HarperCollins Australia. 2 August.

$17,000 award intended to further a work in progress from writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing.

The 2024 Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers will be awarded to the best poem up to 88 lines by an Indigenous writer who is 35 years or younger.

Fellowships offer financial support up to $10,000 to young artists and arts workers, across a variety of mediums including the written word. Age limit: up to 26 years; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants up to 30 years.

We are thrilled to announce that our new literary journal, Splinter, has opened submissions for its inaugural issue. We warmly invite writers to send us writing across various fiction, non-fiction and poetic forms. Submissions close 22 July. More information here.  

The Kate Challis RAKA Award is now open for applications from Indigenous screenwriters working in film and television. In 2024, the $25,000 award supports an Indigenous screenwriter who has the best script for film or television performed in the past five years.

For an emerging writer with an unpublished novella manuscript, this prize offers an exciting opportunity to fast track your writing into the publishing world.

The richest literary prize for Historical Fiction. With prize monies of $150,000, the ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised, with a category for outstanding Children and Young Adult (CYA) historical fiction, in addition to the Adult category.

The 2024 Questions Writing Prize aims to recognise and reward young Australian writers (18 to 30 years). The writing can be fiction or non-fiction on any topic, as long as the piece remains between 1500 and 2000 words. The prize for best writing is $3000.

The Award is offered biennially for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”. The winner receives $50,000 and $5,000 will be shared among the shortlist. The Award is open to novels first published commercially […]

This program supports literary agents, rights managers, and publishers to attend international markets such as book fairs to sell rights in Australian works of creative writing. Contributions of $5,000 per successful applicant are available.

The Fellowship is tailored for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, poets, or storytellers. This six-month program offers a unique opportunity to immerse oneself creatively in the US and amplify Indigenous voices, and provides support of US $40,000.

​Submissions are open for publication of a poetry anthology by, with and for Muslim poets.

Open to primary and high school students across Australia. The competition is free to enter. Students are asked to write a short story between 500-1500 word on any theme. We encourage all students to enter — the contest is judged on a combination of craft as well as the creativity of ideas in the story! […]

The Australian Crime Writers Association is proud to launch the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime writers. Australia’s oldest and most prestigious award, honouring published crime fiction and true crime writing.