Competitions

paper Are you interested in writing competitions? If so you will find a listing below of those currently underway.

Although the competitions may be conducted by the FAW NSW state body or by its Regionals, they are still open to the general public, unless stated to the contrary. We have also included some outstanding writing opportunities from other organisations

Results are listed here.

The FAW NSW Inc Walter Stone Award 2010 for Life Writing

The Walter Stone Award is given on the even biennial year for an original, unpublished manuscript to show some aspect of Australian History or have some Australian Historical significance. The prize is paid from a trust fund established by Margaret Stone to honour her late father. "Life Writing" is defined as biography, autobiography, memoir, monograph, bibliography. Biography and autobiography may be an extract to meet the word count requirements. Word count: minimum 10,000, maximum 25,000 words.

Prize is $1500
Closing Date: 30th September 2010

Click here for more information and an entry form.

The FAW NSW Inc Jean Stone Poetry Award 2010

The Jean Stone Award is given on the even biennial year for a poem or group of poems up to 60 lines. The prize is paid from a trust fund established from friends and well-wishers of the late Jean Stone.

The Prize is $500
Closing Date: 30th September 2010

Click here for more information and an entry form.

2010 Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Poetry Competition
for School Children

Entries are sought in the following categories

Section 1	Years 10, 11 & 12	Maximum 60 lines	Prize $200
Section 2	Years 7, 8 & 9	Maximum 40 lines	Prize $175
Section 3	Years 5 & 6	Maximum 40 lines	Prize $175
Section 4	Years 4 and under	Maximum 20 lines	Prize $50

There is no entry fee. Entries must be student's own work, unpublished and not having won any competition at time of entry. Normal competition conditions apply.
Prizes for Section 1, 2 and 3 will be presented at the FAW NSW Annual Presentation Luncheon on 4th December 2010; the prize for Section 4 will be presented at the winner's school. Results will be on this website.

Closing date: 31st August 2010.

Click here to download the entry form.

To download these forms you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is free software. Click here to go to the Adobe site to obtain this software.

FAWNS Super Short Story Competition 2010

Category A: Super Short Story Category
B: Memoir The same conditions apply for both categories.
Maximum - 700 words.

Prizes: 1st - $100; 2nd - $50,
Highly Commended and Commended certificates.

Entry fee; $5 per entry. – cheques made payable to Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Regional. Stamps or coins will not be accepted as payment for entry. Enclose a business-size envelope SSAE for results. No email entries will be accepted.

No entry form required. Story text, title and page numbers only to appear on entry. Attach a cover sheet, stating category (A or B), writer’s contact details, title of entry and word count. No clip art or decoration of any kind.

Submissions must be the original work of the author, not having won a cash prize at close of competition and not submitted concurrently elsewhere, typed on single-sided A4 paper, double-spaced. Judges’ decision is final and no further correspondence will be entertained.

Send entries to: Competition Convenor, 28 Berkeley Close, Berowra Heights 2082…Closing date: Friday 17th September 2010 For further information emailfawnorthshore@gmail.com or log on to the FAWNS website: http://sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional/
Results will be posted on this website on Friday 5th November 2010

Vibrant Verse 2010 – FAWNS poetry competition

Pique our interest with your poetry.
Category A - Free verse, open style, open theme
Category B – Traditional, rhymed or structured verse, open style, open theme.
Maximum 60 lines (both categories)

Prizes: 1st $100, 2nd $50, (both categories), certificates awarded at the judges’ discretion
Entry fee: $5. Cheque or postal/money order made out to Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Regional. Cash or stamps not accepted as payment for entry
No entry form required, but a separate cover sheet attached, containing title and line count, name, address, telephone number and email address (where applicable). Title and text only to appear on manuscript. Entries must be typed single-spaced, on one-sided A4 paper, 12 pt font, no fancy fonts, bold, clip art or decorations of any kind.
Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Entries must not be concurrently submitted elsewhere nor have won a cash prize or been published previously. Judges’ decision is final and no further correspondence entertained.

Send entries to: Competition Convenor, 28 Berkeley Close, Berowra Heights, 2082
Enclose SSAE for results and judges’ report.
Closing date: Friday 18th June, 2010
For further information, email fawnorthshore@gmail.com
or log on to the FAWNS website: http://sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional/

Cricket Poetry Award

In 2010, entries will be accepted from any citizen residing in an ICC country i.e. – Australia, England & Wales, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe who write their poem in the 12 months leading up to the closing date - 1st September 2010.

This annual poetry competition offers AU$2000 to the winning poet with international exposure for the top twenty poems.

The organisers invite poets from test playing nations to submit a poem celebrating aspects of life in and around the game and sport of cricket, in settings of park, backyard, street, beach, social-cricket or local club cricket.

The genre may be narrative, dramatic, satirical, lyrical, elegy or verse fable.

The written & spoken word reflects the emotions, beliefs and prejudices that influence our thoughts, behaviour and personality. Poets will be asked to use a national pastime and global sport – cricket, as the vehicle to unsettle preconceptions, generate new ideas and consider our contemporary culture.

The Cricket Poetry Award will be run in conjunction with the Cricket Art Prize, and the winner will be announced at the Cricket Art Prize opening at the Members Pavilion of the SCG – 7th Oct 2010.

The judges encourage poets to write a poem commenting on life in and around the game and sport of cricket either metaphorically; using cricket as a figurative ‘vehicle’; as an analogy or an ironic simile.

The judges in 2010 are published poet Adam Gibson, Walkley Award nominee, sports & feature writer Jessica Halloran and Peter Fenton – published poet, writer and film maker.

Key Organiser, Derek Zilich said "Poetry is a paint-splattered canvas, with the poet using words instead of paint, and the canvas is you and me. This annual poetry competition serves the interests of all test playing nations involved in art, poetry and cricket, so pick up an entry form and wax lyrical."

For more information:

E-mail: derekz@cricketartprize.org
Phone inside Australia: 0411 572 100
Overseas callers dial: +61 411 572 100
Website: http://www.cricketartprize.org/cricket-poetry-award

Listen to the top 4 poems of 2009 – click on the specific poem:

"The Catch" by Andy Kissane read by Hamish Briggs
"The Siblings" by Maree Peterson read by Nicole Campbell
"The Last Test" by John Gordon read by Luke Carson
"Social Cricket, the Universe, and Everything" by Graeme Philipson
read by Robert Edwards
“Bradman at the Test” by Peter Fenton read by Peter Fenton

PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE

Entry to the seventh annual Australian Book Review poetry prize – renamed the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, in memory of the late Australian poet – is now open.

First prize: $4000
Shortlisted poems: $250
Closing date: 15 November 2010

The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry, and guarantees winners wide exposure through publication in ABR.

PREVIOUS WINNERS
Stephen Edgar (2005)
Judith Bishop (2006)
Alex Skovron (2007)
Ross Clark (2008)
Tracy Ryan (2009)
Anthony Lawrence (2010)

The guidelines and entry form are now available on
the ABR website – http://www.australianbookreview.com.au/ – and available here.

Poets must reside in Australia or be Australian citizens living overseas.
Each entry must be a single poem of no more than 100 lines.
Multiple entries are permitted, and all poems will be judged anonymously.
A shortlist comprising a maximum of six poems will be announced
and those poems published in the March 2011 issue of ABR.
The winner will be announced in the April 2011 issue.

For further information, please contact:

Peter Rose, Editor
Australian Book Review
Tel: (03) 9429 6700
Email: editor@australianbookreview.com.au
www.australianbookreview.com.au

The Mona Brand Short Story Competition

will next be run in 2011. Details will be on this site early in the year.