Gold Coast Writers Assoc Inc.

This year we have included a second category to our competition:
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, no restriction on number of entries. – 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.
Send entries to: Competition Secretary, 28 Berkeley Close, Berowra Heights, 2082
Further information; please phone 9875 5495 or email fawnorthshore@gmail.com
Results posted on the FAWNS website:
http://sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional/
on Friday 20th November

Going Down Swinging, an international, biannual literary/spoken word journal published in Melbourne, is seeking works of short fiction and non-fiction (maximum 5000 words), poetry, flash, and comic/graphic art for the 29th issue to be published in November/ December 2009. Submissions are due 21 May 2009. Contributors will be paid. For further information visit www.goingdownswinging.org.au/submissions.

Win cash and a book voucher in The Book Abyss Writing Competition. Submit a fiction or non-fiction short story on any topic by 31 July to win. First prize is $100 cash and a $100 book voucher, second prize is $50 cash and a $50 book voucher and third prize is a $50 book voucher. For entry details visit www.thebookabyss.com.au/writing-competition.

World’s first chain novel

Remember the stories you used to make up with friends – one would start and you would each take a turn at telling the next line? Now leading authors are getting in on the act.

Best selling author, James Patterson will pen the first and last chapters of his new thriller, AirBorne. The middle of the novel will be told by 28 different authors, each writing a chapter, and who are being selected from a competition run by Borders and Random House. The entries are being evaluated at the moment.

The first chapter of AirBorne will be released online on 20 March 2009, and subsequent chapters will be released one by one, with the final version being printed at the conclusion of the project.

For more information, visit Borders.

New national literary prizes announced

Two new annual literary prizes have been announced. The Prime Minister's Literary Prize for fiction and non-fiction books will be among the richest prizes for literature in the world . Each prize is worth $100,000, tax-free , with a further $100,000 to be spent each year on promoting and administering the awards.

Getting Hitched Fiction

Short Fiction wanted. Original short stories required. We are introducing a new fiction section on one of our websites and are looking for 3 to 5 short stories per month. Stories must be about relationships and fit the theme of the month but can be in any genre. Submissions close on the second Friday of each month. This is an online publication so we are only asking for rights to publish on the internet.Mainstream audience - stories can be any genre. Flat payment AU$45 (+GST if the author is registered) More details at:

http://www.gettinghitched.com.au/fiction/default.htm

Australians Writers Marketplace Online
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Annual Writing Contests from Tom Howard

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