Kingston Writers Centre
2026 Writing Awards

First off, you need to be a member of Kingston Writers Centre to take part. It’s only $10 (free for 15 year olds and under), and that gets you early bird access and discounts to our events. Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, studies or plays in Kingston. Or visits. (We're not going to be checking up on you.)

 

To join Kingston Writers Centre, click here or on the "Join now" button at the top of this page.

 

Once you’ve signed up, it’s time to submit your entry: click here.

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And then? Well, then it's up to our panel of judges who'll have the difficult task of working out who are our winners. We wish you the very best of luck!

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Terms & Conditions
 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Entries open: 12.01am Monday 1st June 2026

Entries close: 11.59pm on Friday 17th July 2026.

Winners advised: 11.59pm Friday 31st July 2026

Winners ceremony: Date and place to be announced

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JUDGING PANEL

There will be a judging panel for each category.

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HOW TO SUBMIT

To enter this Contest, you must be a current Member of Kingston Writers Centre. Note: entrants aged 15 years and under do not need to be a current Member - this is to comply with privacy regulations regarding collection of data for young people.

 

Entries will only be accepted online.

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• The competition is open to all who live, work or play in the City of Kingston, Victoria

• Entries can be fiction or non-fiction

• Entries must be the author’s original work, written in English

• Entries must be unpublished, either in print or online, at the time of submission and remain unpublished until after the winners are announced

• Entries must not be entered in any other competition at the time of submission and must remain so until after the winners are announced

• You need to have written this yourself

• The winners will be selected by the judge or judges based on creativity and skill

• You retain copyright over your entry, but KWC reserves the right to reproduce the whole or any part of an entry in any format, whether or not a winning entry, for promotional purposes

• By entering, you agree to partcipate as required in promotional activities relating to the competition, including but not limited to, being interviewed and photographed, and agree to grant the organisers perpetual and non-exclusive licence to use such footage and photographs in all media

• Members of the competition organising committee, judges and/or their immediate families are ineligible to enter

• You indemnify the organizer against all and any actions, claims or damages, arising from unauthorised use of an entry (including but not limited to infringement of intellectual property rights) that may be taken against the organiser

• To the extent permitted by law, all entrants release from and indemnify the organizer against all liability, cost, loss or expense arising out of acceptance of any prizes or participation in the competition including but not limited to loss of income, loss of opportunity, personal injury, and damage to property, whether direct or consequential, foreseeable, due to some negligent act or omission or otherwise

• Although every endeavour will be made to apply the rules of the contest as stated, these rules may be subject to change and Kingston Writers Centre reserves the right to change these

• The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

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