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The HG Wells Short Story Competition is open for entries. ✍️
Theme: ‘The Cheat’.
Prizes: win up to £1,000 and publication in the competition anthology. 🌟
Deadline: 7 July 2026 at 11 pm BST
Full details on their website below. 🔗
hgwellscompetition.com/
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📖 The Fiction Factory Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries ✍️
Submit a short story (up to 3,000 words) for a chance to win £500 🌟
⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2026
Full details on their website! 🔗
fiction-factory.biz/short-st…
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The Apollo Bay Wordfest Short Story Competition is open for entries. 📖
Submit a short story on the theme ‘What it means to be human’. 🌟 Open to emerging writers living in Victoria, Australia
Deadline is 19 June 2026. Full details below. 🔗
apollobaywordfest.com/shorts…
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The Hunter Writers Centre’s ‘Grieve’ Writing Competition is open for entries. 📖
Submit prose, poetry, artwork, video or audio.
The deadline is Sunday 26 April, 8pm AEST. Full details on their website below. 🔗
hunterwriterscentre.org/grie…
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The Purorrelato 2026 Micro-story Competition is open for entries. 📖
Submit a micro-story (max 1,500 characters) related to Africa for a chance to win up to €750. 🪶
The deadline for entry is 16th April 2026
Full details on their website below. 🔗
casafrica.es/en/event/purorr…
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The E M Fletcher Writing Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖
Submit a short story (1,500–2,000 words) on a family history or genealogy theme for a chance to win up to AU$1,000. 🌟
Deadline: 15 July 2026
Full details on their website below. 🔗
familyhistoryact.org.au/writ…
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The Eastwood-Hills FAW Literary Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖
Submit your writing (flash fiction, poetry, memoir, or short story) for a chance to win up to $150. 🌟
Deadline: 15th May 2026
Full details on their website below. 🔗
fawnsw.org.au/eastwood-hills…
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Happy Easter from The Writing Quarter 🐣🌸
We hope the Easter period brings you rest, relaxation, and maybe a little autumn writing inspiration too ✍️🌼
We’ll be back on Tuesday as usual. See you then!
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Bardsy's Spring 2026 First Chapter Anthology Contest is open for entries. 📖
Enter by 4th May for the chance to win up to $1,000 and publication.
Full details on their website. 🔗
bardsy.com/contest
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The IndigoTeen Magazine is open for submissions. ✍️
Open to creatives between 13 and 19 years old.
Accepting short stories, essays, novellas, memes, anecdotes, comics, poetry, graphic design and artwork. 📖
Full details on their website. 🔗
indigoteen.org/
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The 2026 Peter Cowan 600 Word Short Story Competition is open for entries on 11th March. ✍️
There are 4 categories: Open, Novice, Seniors and Youth.
Tell your story in 600 words or fewer for the chance to win up to $200.
Full details on their website.
pcwc.org.au/competitions
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Put your storytelling skills to the test with AWC’s Furious Fiction Challenge. ✍️
The next challenge goes live on Friday, 6th March.
In 55 hours, write a story in 500 words or fewer.
Full details on their website. 🔗
writerscentre.com.au/furious…
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The Furphy Story Open Short Story Competition 2026 is open. ✍️
Enter your story for the chance to win up to $15,000 and a Shepparton Residency at LaTrobe University. 🌟
Deadline for entry is April 30, 2026. Full details on their website. 🔗
furphystory.com.au/furphy-li…
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The Sorrento Creative Writing Prize 2026 is open for entries. 📚
Open to Australian citizens and residents aged 18 and over.
Enter today for the chance to win $5,000 and more. 🌟
Deadline is 1 March 2026. Full details on their website.
sorrentowritersfestival.com.…
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The Young Writers’ Award 2026 is open for entries. ✍️
Open to writers aged 11-18. Enter a short story or poem to win from a $3,500 cash pool, a Publisher Experience with Penguin Random House Australia, and so much more! 🌟
Deadline: 28th February
northsydney.nsw.gov.au/young…
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The Sheila Malady short story competition is open for entries. ✍️
This year’s theme is Much Ado About Nothing. Enter a work of fiction for the chance to win up to $300 and so much more. ⭐️
Deadline: February 16. Full details on their website:
stratfordshakespeare.com.au/…
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The 2026 Sydney Writers’ Festival is on the lookout for volunteers! ✍️
Open to 300 volunteers to help out in different roles throughout May 18 – 28.
Applications close midnight on Thursday 29 January. Full details on their website. 🔗
sydneywritersfestival.formst…
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The 2026 Book Links Short Story competition is open. 📖
The competition is open to AU writers. Enter for the chance to win $250 and feature on the Book Links website. 🏆
Deadline for entry is Saturday, 14 March 2026.
Full details on their website. 🔗
booklinks.org.au/terms-and-c…
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Slush Journal is open for submissions. 📖
They are accepting short stories, micro and flash fiction & prose poems. Selected writers will be paid $100 AUD. 🌟
Full details: slushpress.com
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Latest News 📚✨
The Write Here Festival is set to bring a three-day celebration of storytelling to Lake Macquarie, featuring author talks, workshops and creative events.
The 2026 program will be announced soon.
Full details on their website.
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library.lakemac.com.au/Whats…
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