Boroondara Literary Awards

The 2012 Boroondara Literary Awards are open!

And who will be our 2012 judges?

The Open Short Story competition will be judged by popular local crime writer PD Martin, City of Boroondara Library Service's National Year of Reading ambassador.

The Open Short Story competition is a national competition open to all!

Upload your Open Short Story entry here.

Young writers

Judging the Young Writers Prose is well known and popular writer of YA fiction, Paul Collins.

And our Young Writers Poetry judge is none other than the lovely, prolific children's author, Meredith Costain!

The Young Writers competition includes Junior (school year levels 7-9) and Senior (school year levels 10-12 or 15-18 years of age) entry levels in both the poetry and prose categories and is open to young people who live, work or attend school in the City of Boroondara.

Upload your Young Writers entry here.

More about the Literary Awards

An information brochure for the 2012 Awards is available at any City of Boroondara Library branch or via the Boroondara Libraries website.

Don't forget, the 2011 Boroondara Literary Awards anthology, Word You Up, is on sale at all City of Boroondara Library branches for $10.00 per copy. You can also purchase the 2010 anthology for $5.00 each.

The Boroondara Literary Awards are conducted in partnership with Leader Newspapers and the Balwyn Rotary Club.

Read the complete 2011 winners list here.

Or, find some online resources for young writers.

For further information phone Justine Elliott on 9278 4036.