The Australian Association of Writing Programs

Last  year QUT’s highly successful postgraduate creative writing prize, worth $2000, was opened  to all postgraduate Creative Writing students in Australia. Over 100 entries were received, and the winner was Amy Espeseth, from the University of Melbourne.

This is an advance notice of the 2011 Writing Prize.

Entries are welcome in the form of a short story, piece of creative non-fiction, poetry suite, or literary essay. The word limit is 3,000 words. Entries can be submitted in person or by post to the following address:

K Block - Creative Writing and Literary Studies Discipline
CI Faculty, QUT
Victoria Park Rd
Kelvin Grove QLD 4059

Entries must be received by C.O.B. On August 12.

A panel of judges will shortlist the entries, and the winner will be announced at our end-of-year Queensland Writing Gala, to be held on the Rooftop Terrace of the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) on Thursday, October 21. In addition to the $2,000 award to the winner, Highly Commended certificates will be awarded to all shortlisted candidates, and the final entries will be published in the annual QUT Creative Writing and Literary Studies journal, Rex.

We look forward to a big number of entries in what is Australia’s most lucrative postgraduate writing award.

For more information on entering and conditions, please follow the link to http://www.creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/study/areas/creative-writing-literary-studies/. There is also a clip of a previous Gala night, which includes some of the winners reading from their work.