The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 longlist announced!MORE
The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 longlist announced!MORE
The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 longlist announced!MORE
The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 longlist announced!MORE

Competitions

Participating in writing competitions is a great challenge for any writer. It pushes you to be a bit more disciplined with your writing and promote your talent and skill to others. It also opens to networking with other like-minded people who have a love for writing. 

The Society of Women Writers Victoria (SWWV) encourages members to get your writing out by joining competitions and vie for awards and prizes. In this page we share the competitions for different genre of writing that may suit individual members’ styles. 

SWWV runs a number of competitions for writers at every stage of their career. Read on for further information.

The Alice Award

The Alice Literary Award is presented to an Australian woman who has made a distinguished, long-term contribution to Australian Literature. The award is in the form of a trophy and it is presented biennially. The winner is chosen after consultation with the state branches of the Society and each branch takes a turn at hosting the Alice Literary Award. The original bronze statuette is now too frail to be sent around the country so while the ...
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Nance Donkin Award for Children’s Literature

The recipient of the 2023 Nance Donkin award is Pamela Rushby (Queensland). Congratulations to Pamela and all the nominees for 2023. The 2023 nominees were: Teena Raffa-Mulligan from Western Australia. https://www.teenaraffamulligan.com Susanne Gervay OAM from New South Wales. https://sgervay.com/ Pamela Rushby from Queensland. https://pamelarushby.com/book/ Alison Lester from Victoria. https://alisonlester.com/ Sharon Booth from Tasmania. www.sharonjyaxley.com The keynote speaker for the event was Jane ...
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The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize

The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize  The longlist for the Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 Congratulations to the authors of the following poems: A Draft Amid Ancient Gums Aunty Walks the Flats anchoring the light Book Ghosts Chords of Light Depersonalisation Dressing Up Flaking Paint – a Writer’s Labour Future Kin, Queen of the Soil Gestures Heirlooms Impermanence Liegeman Minding Auntie Minutiae of Life Observations from a café window on the day my grandmother died On Waking ...
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The Margaret Hazzard Short Story Award

We are pleased to announce the winners the Margaret Hazzard Short Story Award 2024. With many thanks to judge Dr Rachel Matthews. Congratulations to all the authors. Please note we have two 3rd prize joint winners. 1st prize: Beneath the Wailing Street – Gayle Beveridge 2nd Prize: Glubbed – Nichola Thompson 3rd prize: Footy Boots – Fran Prem 3rd prize: Provenance – Alison Knight Short-list Baiting Crabs – Elaine Chennatt Mrs Bartram’s Neighbours – Gayle Beveridge Returns – Eva White Swiped Right – ...
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