State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award 2010 opens 21 May 2010
Are you aged 18 to 25 and live in Queensland? Enter your short story of 2,500 words or less in the Young Writers Award 2010 and you could win $2,000 and career launching opportunities.
Submit your story between 21 May and 16 Jul for your chance to win.
Previous recipients of this prestigious award include Tara-June Winch, Alasdair Duncan, Chris Currie and Maxine Mellor.
The competition
The judging panel, consisting of celebrated author John Birmingham, The Courier-Mail Arts Editor Suzanna Clarke, award-winning young adult author Sue Gough, former editor in-house at University of Queensland Press Rosanne Fitzgibbon, and novelist and former Young Writers Award winner Alasdair Duncan, will select the winner of Young Writers Award 2010, the recipient for the Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award and four highly commended entries.
Prizes include:
- $2,000 to Young Writers Award winner
- $500 to the Encouragement Award recipient
- 12 month membership to Queensland Writers Centre
- 12 month membership to The Australian Writers Marketplace online
- Admission to a Queensland Writers Centre workshop / Industry seminar OR a season pass to the Wordpool series.
- Admission to a Brisbane Writers Festival workshop
How to enter
Feeling inspired? Download an entry form from the SLQ website, read the included terms and conditions in full (to ensure your entry is valid) and start writing!