AAWP/Westerly Magazine Life Writing Prize 2023
We welcome submissions of autobiography, biography, memoir, and essays. We celebrate Life Writing as a rumination upon memory and experience and encourage creative and hybrid approaches. 
Prize: The winner will receive a $500 cash prize, a one-year subscription to Westerly, and conference fees to attend the annual conference of the AAWP, and the winner’s work will be considered for publication by Westerly.
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: midnight (local time) on 30 June 2023

AAWP/Express Media Sudden Writing Prize 2023
We are deeply interested in capturing a composite “picture” of what people are writing about and invite creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms. Open to emerging writers, under 25 years of age.
Prize: The winner receives $500, their work published on the Express Media website and a Voiceworks subscription, and a one-year membership to the AAWP.
Entry fee: $5
Deadline: midnight (local time) on 30 June 2023

AAWP/UWRF Translators' Prize 2023
This prize is offered in partnership with the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF), and is open to translators at any stage of their career.
Prize: The prize includes a ticket to the UWRF and accommodation for the duration of the festival. The winner also receives one year’s membership to the AAWP, fully subsidised conference fees for the AAWP’s annual conference in November, and will be considered for publication by the editors of Meniscus! Open to translators at any stage of their career.
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: midnight (local time) on 30 June 2023

AAWP/UWRF Emerging Writers Prize 2023
This prize is offered in partnership with the UBUD Writers and Readers Festival, and is aimed at emerging writers of fiction or poetry.
Prize: The prize includes a festival ticket to the UWRF and accommodation for the duration of the festival. The winner also receives one year’s membership to the AAWP, fully subsidised conference fees for the AAWP’s annual conference in November, and will be considered for publication by the editors of Meniscus. Open to emerging writers. 
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: midnight (local time) on June 30 2023

Chapter One Prize 2023
This prize is offered by AAWP in partnership with University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) and is aimed at emerging writers. If you have written a poetry collection, literary novel, short story collection, or a hybrid, genre-crossing work, then you could win a $500 cash prize, alongside fully subsidised conference fees for the AAWP’s annual conference. You must be an AAWP member to enter.
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: midnight (local time) on 30 June 2023

AAWP/ASSF Emerging Writers' Short Story Prize 2023
This prize is offered in partnership with the Australian Short Story Festival and is aimed at emerging writers.
Prize: The prize includes a ticket to the Australian Short Story Festival in Adelaide in November 2023, as well as economy airfares and accommodation for the festival, and also fully subsidised conference fees to the AAWP’s annual conference in November. The winning entry will also be considered for publication in Meniscus. Entries should be no more than 3000 words, and can be in any style or genre.
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: midnight (local time) on 30 June 2023

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