SCWC + River of Art Festival Flash Fiction Competition

River of Art Festival, in association with the South Coast Writers Centre, announce a Flash Fiction Competition, with winners to be announced at a literary event at the River of Art Festival 2024.

River of Art is a vibrant annual arts festival located in Eurobodalla on the NSW far South Coast happening from the 27 September - 7 October 2024. It showcases creative exhibitions, performances and events from Durras to Tilba.

Eurobodalla means ‘land of many waters’. Writers were encouraged to include the theme or words ‘many waters’ in their work in some way, and to interpret the theme in a broad and creative way.

Shortlisted & Winning Entries: 

  • The competition winner will receive $500 and runner ups will receive book vouchers.

  • Shortlisted entrants will be invited to read their work at literary event during the River of Art Festival when the winners will be announced.

  • Shortlisted entries will be named on the SCWC website.

  • The winner and runner-up entries will be published in the SCWC 2024 Anthology of writing. 

Terms of Entry: 

  • An entry fee of $10 must be paid with each  submitted piece of writing. 

  • Entries close 1st August 2024 11:59pm.

  • Each Flash Fiction submission is composed of one short piece of fiction (under  500  words).

  • Writers were encouraged to include the theme or words ‘many waters’ in their work in some way, and to interpret the theme in a broad and creative way.

  • All writers will retain the copyright over their work while assigning to the SCWC a limited license to publish the work. 

  • Submission will only be accepted via the SCWC website.