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Fairfield, Queensland, Australia
Fairfield Writers Group is a mix of beginner and experienced writers who meet the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at the Brisbane City Council Library in Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, Fairfield road, Fairfield, Queensland. Our passion is writing and we work hard at our craft. Our aim is to encourage, support and help each other to reach new heights in our writing. New members are always made welcome and usually whisked off to the local coffee shop at the end of meetings for sustenance and socialisation with the rest of the crew.

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

COMPETITIONS

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PETER COWAN WRITERS’ CENTRE INC



Guidelines for entries in the

2011 Julie Lewis Biennial Literary Awards

POETRY

POEM: Up to 50 lines

THEME: Open

AGE LIMIT: Open

PRIZES: 1st - $400, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $100. Highly Commended and Commended certificates

CLOSING DATE: 31 August 2011

ENTRY FEE: $10.00 each entry or 3 entries for $25.00.

For more information  www.pcwc.org.au .





PETER COWAN WRITERS’ CENTRE INC
(PCWC)
2011 Julie Lewis Biennial Literary Awards
PROSE
The Peter Cowan Writers' Centre is now calling for entries in the 2011 Julie Lewis

Biennial Literary Awards for prose.
Entries must be unpublished works, and to have not won prior recognition
No. of words: Up to 2000 words

THEME: Open

AGE LIMIT: Open

PRIZES: 1st - $400, 2nd - $200, 3rd - $100.

Highly Commended and Commended certificates

CLOSING DATE: 31 August 2011

ENTRY FEE: $10.00 each entry or 3 entries for $25.00

For more information www.pcwc.org.au .



The Australasian Association of
Independent Writers

The Australasian Association of Independent Writers is pleased to announce the inaugural Festival of Independent Writers and Publishers to be held on the Gold Coast at the Robina Community Centre near the Robina library on 29 October 2011.
As part of this celebration of independent writers and publishers we also announce the inaugural open Short Story Writing Competition.

Entry fee: $7.50 for single entries, $18 for three.
1st prize: $200 voucher off your printing costs plus $100; 2nd prize: $200 voucher off your printing costs; highly commended certificates.
Word limit: 1500 words
Theme: open
Closing date: 30 September 2011
Enter by post or online
See website for details of the festival, how you can be involved and the writing competition: http://www.indieauthorsfestival.com


And:
Are you an independent writer or publisher? If so, why not combine a wonderful trip to the sunny Gold Coast with the chance to meet your fellow indie writers, publishers, printers and READERS?
The Australasian Association of Independent Writers is seeking sponsors and independent writers or publishers to take part in the inaugural Festival of Independent Writers and Publishers to be held on 29 October 2011 on the Gold Coast at Robina Community Centre next to the Robina library.
There are numerous ways you can become involved, so if you’d like to be part of this great initiative, please contact us at indiewriters@gmail.com.
For further information, check out our website: http://www.indieauthorsfestival.com.



Prole
poetry and prose

Prole is a literary journal publishing fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. Based in the UK, we have published writers from around the world and sell in many countries. We receive no funding but pay our writers royalties based on a share of profit. For our last three issues we have paid all our writers.Prole, Poetry and Prose is open for submissions for issues 6 and 7. Details regarding the submissions process can be found on our website.Here is a summary of our current competition:
The Prolitzer Prize
A prose competition for fiction and creative nonfiction of less than 1500 words.
Entry fee £4
Prizes: 1st £130 and publication, two runners up £30 each and possible publication.

Closing date: October 1st 2011
Winners announced: December 3rd 2011
 
The New Writer magazine
Prose and Poetry Prizes 2011Closing date 30 November

Now in its 15th year, one of the major annual international competitions for short stories, microfiction, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July. 

Back copies are available at the TNW website:http://www.thenewwriter.com/subscribe.htm 

Further information including guidelines and entry fees at:http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm 

Writers can enter online at our secure credit card server at:http://www.thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm 
Or, the entry form can be downloaded from that page on the website and sent in the post with your entry.  

Also, we can supply this year's printed entry forms on request to writers' groups and organizations in the UK – just let us know, no SAE required. 

The 2010 Prose & Poetry Prizes winners are announced on this webpage:http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizewinners.htm 

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