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Have you got a way with words?
If you're aged 18 to 25 and live in Queensland, write a short story of 2,500 words or less and you could win $2,000 and launch your writing career.
Submit your short story in the State Library's Young Writers Award 2009 (SLQ) by Monday 20 July for your chance to win.
Previous recipients of this prestigious award include Tara-June Winch, Alasdair Duncan and James Halford who have gone on to successfully publish their work.
The competition
The judging panel, consisting of celebrated author John Birmingham, The Courier-Mail Arts Editor Suzanna Clarke, award-winning young adult author Sue Gough, and novelist and former Young Writers Award winner Alasdair Duncan, will select the winner of the Young Writers Award 2009, the recipient for the Maureen Donahoe Encouragement Award and four highly commended entries.
Prizes include:
- $2,000 to Young Writers Award winner
- $500 to the Encouragement Award recipient
- 12 month membership to Queensland Writers Centre
- 12 month membership to The Australian Writers Marketplace online
- Admission to a Queensland Writers Centre workshop / Industry seminar OR a season pass to the Wordpool series.
- Admission to a Brisbane Writers Festival workshop
How to enter
Feeling inspired? Download an entry form from the SLQ website, read the included terms and conditions in full (to ensure your entry is valid) and start writing!