New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing
Closes: 1 August 2014
Prizes: $500 first prize in 3 categories plus $300 New England award for a resident of New England and $200 Emerging Author award for an unpublished writer from anywhere in Australia.
For unpublished crime poetry to 60 lines, crime fiction up to 2,500 words and crime non-fiction up to 2,500 words.
Entry fee: $10 per entry
Payable by: [√ ] Direct deposit [x] Credit card [ √] Cheque [√] Money order
Entry: [ x ] Online [√] Postal
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Poetry d’amour love poetry competition
Closes: midnight, 22 August, 2014
Prizes: $700 in cash plus other prizes for selected awards. Top ranking and selected poems published by WA Poets Inc in the anthology “Poetry d’Amour 2015”.
Winners in the Open and Regional categories will have the opportunity to perform their winning entry on Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14 February 2015 in Perth and/or Mandurah.
For: orgininal, unpublished love poems to 40 lines.
Entry fee: Entry fee: $10 per entry, or $20 for 2 entries, $25 for 3 entries, $30 for 4 entries
Payable: [√ ] Paypal [√ ] Direct Debit [√ ] Cheque [√ ] Money order
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FAW Tasmania Poetry Prize
Closing date: 31 August 2014
Prizes: 1st $150; 2nd $50.
For an original, unpublished poem no more than 60 lines.
Entry fee: $5 per poem.
Payable: [√ ] Cheque [√ ] Postal order
Enter: [x ] Online [√] Postal
Post entries to: FAW Tasmania Inc. PO Box 234, North Hobart, Tasmania 7002.
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