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Applications for the 2021 awards open Monday 3 May at 9am and close Friday 27 August at 5pm.

Winners will be announced at the end of November 2021.

Our Young Writers' Competition offers $5,000 in prize money across various sections. The Open Short Story Competition awards $1,500 to its first place winner.

View the competition terms and conditions.

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2021 award categories and prizes

1. Young Writers’ Competition

This is a prose and poetry competition for young people who live, work or study in Boroondara.

Enter the Young Writers’ Competition

Criteria Prize

Junior Category

  • Open to young people in school Years 5 and 6
  • Prose length between 300 and 500 words
  • Poetry length must be less than 100 lines

Prose

  • First place: $300
  • Second place: $200
  • Third place: $100

Poetry

  • First place: $300
  • Second place: $200

Middle Category

  • Open to young people in school Years 7, 8 and 9
  • Prose length between 500 and 900 words
  • Poetry length must be less than 200 lines

Prose

  • First place: $450
  • Second place: $300
  • Third place: $150

Poetry

  • First place: $450
  • Second place: $300
  • Third place: $150

Senior Category

  • Open to young people in school Years 10, 11 and 12.
    Also open to young people not in secondary school, aged 15 to 18 years old as of 1 January 2021.
  • Prose length between 900 and 1,300 words.
  • Poetry length must be less than 200 lines

Prose

  • First place:  $600
  • Second place: $400
  • Third place: $200

Poetry

  • First place: $600
  • Second place: $400
  • Third place: $200

2. Open Short Story Competition

The Open Short Story Competition is open to all Australian residents.

Enter the Open Short Story Competition

Criteria Prize
Word length between 1,500 and 3,000 words
  • First place: $1500
  • Second place: $1000
  • Third place: $500
The Keith Carroll Award of $500 is given to the best entry from a Boroondara resident.
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