Competitions
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Timely reminders from Margaret of Elwood Writers and the group itself that the window for submitting work to the American Writers Review (San Fedele Press) 2025 literary contest is shrinking alarmingly quickly. How did we get to the last third of July so quickly! But don’t fret, there’s still time to enter, even if you
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Midsumma Festival 2025’s theme, COLLECTIVE IDENTITY(S), challenges us to explore how we foster connections in an era of digital disconnection, uniting communities and amplifying voices that advocate for meaningful social change. from midsumma.org.au Had such a lovely time at The Pearl Prize 2025 award ceremony at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda on Sunday afternoon.
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The finalists for next year’s Pearl Prize have been announced, and I’m thrilled to be on the list. Now in its second year, The Pearl Prize is presented with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and supported by Midsumma Festival. All fifteen finalists will be published in The Pearl Prize 2025 anthology, available during Midsumma. This is
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The preliminary assessment phase of the VII Edition of the International Short Story Competition is now underway, and this time it involves participants rating stories themselves – though not their own, of course. If you submitted at least one story into this year’s contest, go to the homepage of the César Egido Serrano Foundation for
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I just entered three stories into the Fundación César Egido Serrano Microfiction Contest. The deadline is midnight tonight (Spanish Peninsular time), so there’s still time to get your three (or fewer) stories in to the running. Each story can be no more than 100 words (not including an optional title). Stories may be written in
Barry Lee Thompson 