Questions Writing Prize 2014

Write about any topic you like, submit online with free entry, and possibly win $2000. As far as writing competitions go, the Questions Writing Prize takes the cake (and gives a share to everybody, because they’re just that awesome). Run by Future Leaders, an initiative that publishes brave writing from young Aussies, this competition is … Continue reading →

Questions Journal: ‘Truth’ Themed Submissions

Questions is an online journal started by Australian initiative Future Leaders, and they’re looking for emerging writers and artists to publish in their second issue (it could be you!). Questions is a quarterly publication that features fiction, poetry, and essays of ‘a new generation’ of writers who ‘have bravely decided that their voice needs to … Continue reading →

How to Find the Best Writing About Writing

With amazing articles on every writing topic right at the click of a button, Writer’s Knowledge Base is a must-have-bookmarked website for writers everywhere. I first heard about this search engine for writers through Writer’s Edit, and after having a quick browse of WKB I fell in love. You can search for anything, and pages … Continue reading →

Visual Adjectives: Steampunk Stories

Publishing house Visual Adjectives are looking for fiction that fuses old and new for their upcoming publication, ‘New Legends: Googles and Gears, Airships and Aethersphere’. If you’re not familiar with the steampunk genre and all its Industrialised-Techno-Victorian glory, maybe this one isn’t for you. But if you’re in love with “post-apocalyptic steampunk, time travel steampunk, … Continue reading →

Cuttings: Issue #2

This online journal of new Australian writing is looking for submissions for their second issue, ‘Meanwhile, over the hill…’, which focuses on the ever-expanding genre of ‘farm-lit’. I’m kind of excited about this because I’m deeply in love with the outback and am keen to rustle up some hot and dusty words. Raising goats, knitting … Continue reading →