A new writers' prize - the notJack Writers' Prize - was launched at the recent Bendigo Writers Festival.
The link for the prize website: https://notjackwritersprize.wordpress.com/. The entry form, guidelines and other prize details are listed there.
The theme of the prize is 'writing from place'. It is a deliberately broad theme designed to encourage entrants from all genres, whose writing demonstrates creative engagement with place and/or shapes the significance of place for Australian writers and their readership.
Entries may be up to 3000 words or 40 lines of poetry. There are three cateogries - youth, open and Baringhup. Entry fees are either $10 or $20 according to category. The prize closes November 1st. Writers are welcome to contact me using this address or on 044 88 55 832.
The link for the prize website: https://notjackwritersprize.wordpress.com/. The entry form, guidelines and other prize details are listed there.
The theme of the prize is 'writing from place'. It is a deliberately broad theme designed to encourage entrants from all genres, whose writing demonstrates creative engagement with place and/or shapes the significance of place for Australian writers and their readership.
Entries may be up to 3000 words or 40 lines of poetry. There are three cateogries - youth, open and Baringhup. Entry fees are either $10 or $20 according to category. The prize closes November 1st. Writers are welcome to contact me using this address or on 044 88 55 832.