Award Winning Australian Writing 2008
Short-story writing in Australia is alive and well. Just how well is being judged by over 300 short-story writing and bush poetry competitions from Melbourne to Darwin and Bundaberg to Boyup Brook. Some of these, such as The Age Short Story Competition, are high profile, while others, such as the Page Seventeen Short Story Competition, are not. But they all encourage people to write and send in their work in the hope that it will strike a chord and, who knows, even win. And then what? Perhaps, at best, publication in The Age, The Village Voice or the Australian Bush Poets Association’s bi-monthly magazine...
All short story competitions are encouraged to submit their winning story for consideration for the next edition of Award Winning Australian Writing. The competition must be independently judged, awarded between June 2008 and June 2009 and the story up to 3000 words. Please email info@melbournebooks.com.au to register your interest or for further information.
If you are a short story writer, links are given below to the competitions represented in the current edition of Award Winning Australian Writing. Links to other short story competitions will be added in the near future.
