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October 2021
*ONLINE* Narrelle M Harris – Sherlock Holmes With A Twist
Free
Join Sherlock tragic, Narrelle M Harris,and Lucy Sussex in conversation about The Only One in the World: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology (Clan Destine Press).
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$10.00
ONLINE EVENT. Former Victorian Assistant Police Commissioner Sandra Nicholson will interrogate a panel of writers of police procedurals: Caroline de Costa, Suzanne Frankham and Margaret Hickey.
Find out more »Mysterious pasts, haunting presents
Free
ONLINE EVENT. Mysterious pasts, haunting presents: new novels by best selling authors Tea Cooper and Kayte Nunn.
Find out more »November 2021
2022 ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize opens
The 2022 ASA/HQ Commercial
Fiction Prize is now open for submissions. It offers a publishing contract with HQ, with a $10,000 advance.
Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Free
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the best piece of unpublished short fiction is now open. £5,000 prize; regional winners receive £2,500.
Find out more »Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival’s ‘CSI: TASMANIA’
TBC
Join Liz Nugent, Ann Cleeves, Garry Disher, Vanda Symon, and a host of Australian and international authors in Huonville for panel sessions, author interviews, digital book clubs, digital writing mini masterclasses, and a heap of online book parties.
Find out more »A Woman’s Write competition for unpublished novels
US$40
A Woman's Write holds an annual competition for unpublished novels and awards a prize of $500.00USD for the entry judged to be the best each year: "We believe our competition, which is of course geared to creative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 ...
Find out more »December 2021
New Crime Writing Competition – The Louie Award
Free
The Australian Crime Writers Association’s announces a new annual fast fiction crime writing competition - The Louie Award.
Find out more »February 2022
Summer Writing Retreat
Writers' Weekend in idyllic setting with workshops and forums with experienced writers and time and space for for individual writing.
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