Enter the Boroondara Literary Awards

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
• One entry per category is permitted: one for prose and one for poetry

Prose

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

Poetry

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

Highly commended

• Up to 3 vouchers, $30 each

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
• One entry per category is permitted: one for prose and one for poetry

Prose

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

Poetry

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

Highly commended

• Up to 3 vouchers, $30 each

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 2025.
• Prose length between 900 and 1,300 words.
• Poetry length must be less than 200 lines
• One entry per category is permitted: one for prose and one for poetry

Prose

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

Poetry

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

Highly commended

• Up to 3 vouchers, $30 each

Word length between 1,500 and 3,000 words

One entry per person 

Entrants must live in Victoria to be eligible 

• 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.

Highly commended

• Up to 3 vouchers, $50 each