SHOWCASE YOUR WRITING SKILLS
Writing competitions and awards give writers the opportunity to show their talent, hone their skills and engage in the broader writing community. These awards can assist in growing your resume and improve employment opportunities and many will have significant cash or other valuable prizes.
Writing awards and competitions will generally target a specific subgroup, whether this is based on topic, gender, age or other community group – the opportunities are endless.
Young writer awards and competitions in particular help students engage in improving their reading and writing skills, which has lead to schools and teaching staff actively promoting entering into these programs.
AWARDS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Some of the current awards and competitions available to enter.
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
Prime Minister's Literary Awards are a series of writing awards
Tim Winton Award for Young Writers
The City of Subiaco hold an annual writing contest for
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were setup in 1985 to
Redgum Young Writers’ Award
Redgum Book Club has launched the Young Writers Award to
TYPES OF WRITING AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS IN AUSTRALIA
Kids Competitions
Do you have a kid interested in writing? Check out the writing competitions just for kids to encourage their writing skill development and potentially win kid friendly prizes
Poetry Competitions
In Australia poetry competitions are the second largest type of writing competition, with hundreds of poetry competitions held each year
Creative Writing Competitions
Do you have a story to tell? Share your creative writing skills with the many creative writing competitions run in Australia
Book Competitions
If you’re an author of a book and want increase its exposure you can enter one of the popular book competitions
Childrens Writing Competitions
Help your children embrace their writing skills by getting them to enter into a childrens writing competition
Short Story Competitions
If you enjoy writing short stories and want to share your work you can enter one of the short story competitions in Australia
Writing Competitions
In Australia there are hundreds of writing competitions held each year for children, teens, adults, amateurs and professional writers
Writing Competitions for High School Students
If you’re a budding teen author you can show your writing skills in one of the many writing competitions for high school students