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Big Sky Publishers: Call out for true crime manuscript submissions
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Writers on Ice: Created by authors Tania Chandler and Lucinda Gifford –it is a lively ICE-CAST about writing, books, and ice skating. They interview authors about creativity, writing, publishing, and books – while they get their skates on and have a go at ice-skating. Catch up on website; YouTube; and Instagram.
Cooking Up a Synopsis with Laurel Cohn: Saturday 23 November, 10 am – 4 pm. Online via Zoom. If you want your work considered by a publisher, agent, commissioning editor, mentoring program, or grants body, you need a synopsis. Book now via Writers Victoria’s website
2025 Dorothy Hewett Award: Open to all writers who have completed a manuscript and are seeking publication. The work must be currently unpublished and belonging to one of these genres: fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry, verse novel, or memoir. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, courtesy of Copyright Agency, and will be offered a publishing contract by UWA Publishing. Closes 30 November 2024. Enter here.
The EJ Corbett Mentorship Contest: In honour of historical novelist, Elizabeth Jane Corbett, the Historical Novel Society of Australia is offering the chance for a previously unpublished author from Australia or New Zealand to receive a mentorship from Wendy J Dunn to develop a completed first draft of an unpublished historical fiction manuscript for young adults. Closes on 4 December 2024. Info here.
2025 Dorothy Hewett Award: Open to all writers who have completed a manuscript and are seeking publication. The work must be currently unpublished and belonging to one of these genres: fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry, verse novel, or memoir. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, courtesy of Copyright Agency, and will be offered a publishing contract by UWA Publishing. Closes 30 November, 2024. Enter here.
2025 Penguin Literary Prize: $20,000 for an unpublished manuscript + the opportunity to publish with PRH AU. Closes 16 December 2024. Enter here.
Anthology Short Story Competition: For original, unpublished short stories, written in English with a maximum of 1,500 words. First prize: The winner will receive €1,000 and the winning story will be published in a future issue of Anthology. Second: €250; Third: €150. Enter here. Closes 31 July, 2025.
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