Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition (International)

Writers of short fiction are invited to enter the Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition.  Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, it is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Stories submitted must be on the ...

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€10 – €15

Miss Fisher: The Exhibition@ Ripponlea Estate (3 December-late May 2021)

Rippon Lea 192 Hotham Street, Ripponlea, Vic, Australia

Miss Fisher returns to Rippon Lea estate in Melbourne on Thursday 3 December with brand new costumes from her big screen adventure. The exhibition would have opened on 9 July but for the pandemic lockdown. Following the cinematic debut of the internationally successful feature film Miss Fisher and The Crypt of Tears earlier this year, the ...

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$12.45

Rural Crime Writing Festival!

The New England Writers' Centre is proud to be hosting the very first of its kind, Rural Crime Writing Festival! Finishes off with a panel discussion with Emma Viskic, J P Pomare, Yumna Kassab, Benjamin Stevenson, Maryrose Cuskelly, and Dan Box, moderated by Carmel Shute from Sisters in Crime. Zoomed on Saturday 12 June. Tickets ...

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$30 – $45

BAD Sydney Crime Writers September International Event

Join the BAD Sydney Crime Writers September International Festival at 6 pm on Wednesdays in September for its short and very sweet festival with four of the best international women crime writers. Paula Hawkins, speaking to Suzanne Leal (8 September); Val McDermid, speaking to Sue Turnbull (15 September); Karin Slaughter, speaking to Andy Muir (22 September); and Ann Cleeves, speaking ...

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$10

Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the best piece of unpublished short fiction is now open. £5,000 prize; regional winners receive £2,500.

Free

Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries Exhibition

Collins Place 45 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Step out of lockdown in style! Join Melbourne's fashionistas to enjoy a celebration of '60s fashion at the Ms Fisher's Modern Murder
Mysteries Exhibition.

Free

Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival

Terrror Australis. CSI: TASMANIA Digital Weekend program offers a stellar line-up of interviews with Australian and international superstars of crime and mystery fiction.

$90

A Woman’s Write competition for unpublished novels

A Woman's Write holds an annual competition for unpublished novels and awards a prize of $500.00USD for the entry judged to be the best each year: "We believe our competition, which is of course geared to creative women's visions and output, is unique in that every entry receives a thorough and thoughtful critique, for which ...

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US$40