Opportunities & Competitions

Visit this section regularly to view details of the latest opportunities and competitions at FAWWA, WA and around Australia.

FAWWA Opportunities

• Events
• Workshops
• Competitions
  • Tom Collins Poetry Prize
  • Hadow/Stuart Short Story Competition

Tom Collins Poetry Prize is an annual competition inaugurated in 1975 and sponsored by J. Furphy & Sons (Engineers) in memory of Australian author Joseph Furphy (1843 - 1912).

• Opening Date: 1 September
  Closing Date: 15 December (entries must be postmarked by this date to be eligible)
• Number of lines: Maximum 60 lines per poem.
• Prizes: First $1000.00 Second $400.00 4 x Highly Commended $150.00
  4 x Commended (certificate only)
• Entry Fee: $5.00 per poem (maximum of three poems per entrant)
• Entries must be accompanied by the entry form (Download 2008 Form)

Hadow/Stuart Short Story Competition

• Opening Date: 1 March
• Closing Date: 1 June (entries must be postmarked by this date to be eligible)
• Number of Words: Maximum 3000 per story
• Prizes: First $400.00 Second $100.00 2 x Highly Commended $50.00
• Entry Fee: $7.00 per story (maximum of three stories per entrant)
• Entries must be accompanied by the entry form (2009 form available soon)

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