COMPETITIONS

Closing date for entries: 30 June 2022

Entry fee: $10.00 for up to two entries

Theme: Joy

Word count: Up to 1500 words.

RULES 

1. Do not put your name on any pages of your entry; your name, phone number, and email address, along with the title of your entry, go on a cover page.
2. All contest entries must be printed in Times New Roman or Arial 12-point type and double-spaced as a WORD document.
3. Use one-inch (2.54 cm) margins all around.
4. Indent each paragraph 3 to 5 spaces.
5. The title of the work and a page number should appear on each page.
6. Do not use fancy or script fonts for your text, except when stating character thoughts, which must be in italics.
7. Do not include illustrations or pictures

All entries must be original works by the entrant, in English.

All rights in the story remain the property of the author.

Entries must not have been previously published in a professional media. 

Email your entry/s and cover pages as attachments to: wendylaing02@gmail.com

Payment of the $10 entry fee can be made by direct debit or transfer to:

Bank Account Name: Society of Women Writers Tasmania

Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia

BSB: 067 601

Account No: 10168834

Very Important: Please ensure that your name and the word ‘competition’ appear in the deposit line.

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WINNERS IN THE ROBYN MATHISON POETRY COMPETITION 2021

Many congratulations to the winners of the Robyn Mathison Poetry Competition. Thank you to our Patron, Sally Odgers, for judging this competition and to all the entrants who submitted poems. 

1st Place: Memo from the Hills by Robyn Sykes

2nd Place: Leaving by Beth Clapton

3rd Place: Worlds Apart by Janette Fernando

Commended:

After the Storm by Anita Jawary

You, Me and the Tree by Sandra James

A Redolent Revival by David Atkinson.

THE ROBYN MATHISON POETRY COMPETITION 2021

THEME ‘New Beginnings’

OPEN TO ALL WRITERS

CLOSING DATE — 31 October 2021

ENTRY FEE — $10 for up to 2 entries

LINE COUNT — A maximum of 40 lines

PRIZES — FIRST: $200, SECOND: $50, HC AND C CERTIFICATES

Entries must be a word document (not PDF), typed in either Times New Roman or Arial font.

1.5 spacing.

Previously published work in any context cannot be submitted for this poetry competition.

The title must appear on the first page of each entry but, to ensure that judging of the entries is blind, the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the text.

Each entry must be accompanied by a separate cover page with the title of the poem, the entrant’s name and full contact details.

Judging is anonymous. All entries will initially be judged by preliminary round judges, who will select the short-listed entries. The winning entries will be chosen by a senior judge, who is professional author.

Entries should be emailed as attachments to the competition co-ordinator, Wendy Laing at: wendylaing02@gmail.com

Fee: $10 for up to two entries.

Fees can be paid by direct debit or transfer to:

Bank: Commonwealth

BSB: 067601

Account: 10168834

Description: Poem2021

WINNERS IN THE ROSE FRANKCOMBE SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2021

Thank you to everyone who entered the Rose Frankcombe Short Story Award 2021. Here are the prize winners:

Equal First Place –

'Annie' by Sandra James, Heathcote, Vic; and

'Shedding the Chrysalis' by Joe Harrison, North Ryde, NSW

Second Place –

'Faded Photo' by Vickie Walker, Orange, NSW

Highly Commended –

'Old Growth' by Jude Bridge, Caversham, WA

'Folded Once' by Janet Fuller, George Town, TAS

'A New Man' by Janice Williams, Stawell, VIC

There were 63 entries in the SWWT Rose Frankcombe Short Story Award 2021.

Thanks must go firstly to our pre-judges, Ros Sydes, Mary Farr and Kathy Duff who brought the short-list down to 12 entries. These then went to the major judge, Sally Odgers who had the hard job of deciding on the winning entries.

THE ROSE FRANKCOMBE SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2021 - CLOSED

THEME ‘New Beginnings’

OPEN TO ALL WRITERS.

CLOSING DATE — 30 June 2021

ENTRY FEE — $10 for up to 2 entries

WORD COUNT — 1200-1500 words.

PRIZES — FIRST: $200, SECOND: $50, HC AND C CERTIFICATES.

Entries must be a word document (not PDF), typed in either Times New Roman or Arial font and with 1.5 spacing.

Previously published work in any context cannot be submitted for this short story competition. 

The title must appear on the first page of each entry but, to ensure that judging of the entries is blind, the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the text.

Each entry must be accompanied by a separate cover page providing the title of the story,  word count, the entrant’s name and full contact details.

Judging is anonymous. All entries will initially be judged by preliminary round judges, who will select the short-listed entries. The winning entries will be chosen by a senior judge, who is a professional author.

Entries should be emailed as attachments to the competition co-ordinator, Wendy Laing at: wendylaing02@gmail.com

Fee: $10 for up to two entries.

Fees can be paid by direct debit or transfer to:

Bank: Commonwealth

BSB: 06 7601

Account: 10168834

Short story2021

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ROBYN MATHISON POETRY PRIZE 2020

 Results of THE ROBYN MATHISON POETRY PRIZE 2020

First prize - He Sees the Future – Beth Clapton, Petersham, NSW

Second prize – Trapper – Mocco Wollert, Keperra, QLD

Third Prize – I am a Logger’s Daughter – Sandra James, Heathcote, VIC

Highly Commended – Fernweh – David Terelinck, Biggera, QLD

Highly Commended – Swifts in Winter – Averil Drummond, Brunkerville, NSW

Commended – Liuwa Plains – Helen Bradwell, Williamstown, VIC

ROSE FRANKCOMBE SHORT STORY COMPETITION ROSE AWARD 2020

Results of THE ROSE FRANKCOMBE SHORT STORY AWARD 2020  

Shortlisted Stories 

 Jesse J. Andrews, Glenreagh, NSW 2450   “Dangerous Skies”

 Sandra James, Heathcote Victoria 3523     ‘Surviving’

 Janet Fuller, George Town, Tas 7253     ‘Garnets in the Sun’

 Rosemary Stride, Wavell Heights, QLD 4012     ‘Headfirst’

 Chris Collins, Canberra 2601     ‘A Little Bird Told Me’

 Susan Braghieri, Hilllarys, WA 6025     ‘The Rest of her Days’

 Beverly Sweeney, Cleveland Queensland 4163     ‘Briar Rose’

 Colleen Russell, Avalon Beach,  NSW  2107     ‘The Kite’

 Jennie Herrera, Hobart Tasmania 7000     ‘A Tropic Yarn’

 Karen Lethlean, Heathcote NSW 2233     ‘Family Land’

 Christine Johnson, Rozelle, NSW 2039     ‘Myrtle’

 Christine Johnson, Rozelle, NSW 2039     ‘Bird Skull Lady’

AND THE WINNERS WERE:

1ST PLACE:    'DANGEROUS SKIES'

2ND PLACE:   'SURVIVING'

HIGHLY COMMENDED CERTIFICATES: 'GARNETS IN THE SUN'

AND                                                'HEADFIRST'

COMMENDED CERTIFICATES:             'BRIAR ROSE'

AND                                                'A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME'

SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2019

Rose Frankcombe Short Story Competition Rose Award

Judged by Sally Odgers

First:

Earth Hour, Janice Williams, Stawell, VIC

Second:

A Patch of Earth, Annabel Larkey, Sandy Bay, TAS

Highly Commended:

Seeking Paradise, Kerrin O’Sullivan, Middle Park, VIC

Commended:

Earth to Earth, Christine Johnson, Rozelle, NSW

Commended:

Matchboxes, Jackie Mohr, Bellingen, NSW

Congratulations from the Society of Women Writers, Tasmania

Results of the Robyn Mathison Poetry Prize 2019.

Equal 1st Prize - ‘Degustation’ by Nicole Rain Sellers, Belmont South NSW

and ‘A Barren Earth’ by Merlene Fawdry, Ararat Victoria

2nd Prize – ‘Foreclosure’ by Beth Clapton, Petersham NSW

Highly Commended – ‘Sacred Ground’ by David Terelinck, Biggera Waters QLD

Commended- ‘Lament for Winding Creek’ by Averil Drummond, Brunkerville, NSW

‘Old Growth’ by Gillian Telford, Booker Bay, NSW

‘The Wet’ by Merlene Fawdry, Ararat, Victoria

SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2018

1st Place: Janeen Samuel, Morgiana, Victoria for The Phone Call

2nd Place: Susan Gourlay, Queenscliff, Victoria for My Bedroom Window

Highly Commended: Carmel Lillis, Yarraville, Victoria for Tough Girls Can Cry

Commended: Brenda North, Brittons Swamp, Tasmania for Careful Thinking

Commended: Bette Martin, Park Orchards, Victoria for Chiaroscuro

ROBYN MATHISON POETRY PRIZE 2018

Rose Frankcombe, TAS - 'Miss Havisham Calls'

2nd place - Helen Thurloe, NSW - 'Yellow Monday'

3rd place - Marilyn Humbert, NSW - 'spinning earth'