Opportunities, competitions and workshops

We love seeing Sisters in Crime members succeed – submit your story or novel to a publisher or competition here:

Big Sky Publishers: Call out for true crime manuscript submissions
For further information on how to submit, click here.

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.

Wyndham Writing Awards: $3600 in prize money for the best unpublished short story, flash story, and poetry. Shortlisted entries will be published in the Wyndham Writing Awards Anthology 2025. Details here. Closes 30 June.

Anthology Short Story Competition: For original, unpublished short stories, written in English with a maximum of 1,500 words.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. Closes 31 July 2025. Enter here.

2025 Woollahra Digital Literary Award:  $8,500 in prizes across four categories: Fiction ($2,500 prize); Non-Fiction ($2,500 prize); Poetry ($1,000 prize); Digital Innovation ($1,500 prize) Enter here. Entries close: 14 August 2025.

Want to submit an opportunity, competition, or workshop? Email us here.