We have put together a KYD member exclusive round-up of the latest prizes, awards and submissions openings across Australia.
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Current and upcoming writing opportunities at KYD:
- NON-FICTION (Magazine): Submissions are now closed.
Find more info here. - NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION (Anthology): Submissions are now closed.
Find more info here. - FIRST NATIONS EDITORS-IN-RESIDENCE (Magazine): Submissions are now closed.
Find more info here. - KYD School Writing Prize: Submissions now closed. Submissions for the 2024 Prize will open Wednesday 15 May 2024.
Find more info here. - KYD Creative Non-Fiction Essay Prize: Submissions now closed.
Find more info here.
Your member exclusive round-up of the latest prizes, awards and submissions openings:
- Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship Program—closes 25 November
- Liminal x Hyphenated Projects Writing Fellowship—closes 29 November
- Dorothy Hewett Award—closes 30 November
- HNSA Elizabeth Jane Corbett Mentorship for Young Adult Historical Fiction—closes 4 December
- The Judy Nunn Short Story Competition—closes 5 December
- Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize—closes 13 December
- Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers (fiction & non-fiction)—closes 15 December
- Penguin Literary Prize—closes 16 December
- The Local Word Poetry Prize—closes 20 January
- QWC Adaptable: Turning the Page to Screen program—closes 21 January
- Calibre Essay Prize—closes 28 January 2025
- Ernest Scott Prize (historical research)—closes 3 February 2025
- Verge Journal call for submissions—closes 9 February 2025
- The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize (short stories)—closes 14 February 2025
- The Sorrento Creative Writing Prize—closes 1 March 2025