Enter the Boroondara Literary Awards

Entries for the 2018 awards have now closed. Winners will be announced at the end of November.

2018 award categories and prizes

Criteria	Prize
Open-themed short story open to all Australian residents Word length between 1500 and 3000 words	First: $1500 Second: $1000 Third: $500

The Keith Carroll Award of $500 is given to the best entry from a Boroondara resident.

Prose or poetry for young people who live, work or study in Boroondara.

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: $300 Second: $200 Third: $100 Poetry First: $300 Second: $200 Third: $100
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: $450 Second: $300 Third: $150 Poetry First: $450 Second: $300 Third: $150
Senior category Open to young people in school years 10, 11 and 12 Open to young people not in secondary school, aged 15- to 18-years as of 1 January 2018 Prose length between 900 and 1300 words Poetry length must be less than 200 lines.	Prose First: $600 Second: $400 Third: $200 Poetry First: $600 Second: $400 Third: $200

Criteria

Prize

Junior category

Prose

Poetry

Middle category

Prose

Poetry

Senior category

Open to young people in school years 10, 11 and 12
Open to young people not in secondary school, aged 15- to 18-years as of 1 January 2018
Prose length between 900 and 1300 words
Poetry length must be less than 200 lines.

Prose

Poetry