Submissions & Entries

Our members’ poetry anthology, 34 to 37 Degrees South, is back for 2026 with the theme “PROSE-ish: Poetry in a Box”.

The editors are looking for engaging poetry that bounds over conventions and ignores the tired old arguments of “is this poetry or prose?”. Convince us with your fabulous writing.

As part of our next Vintage, Book & Art Bazaar, the SCWC will be holding another Indie Book Stall, promoting and selling the works of local authors.

We invite our members to submit their books for consideration. ‍

The SCWC’s Vintage, Book & Art Bazaar returns on Sunday 22 November, bringing together a curated line-up of stallholders sharing a wide range of art, handmade goods, locally published books, rare vintage and unique retro products.

The Olga Masters Short Story Award accepts short story entries from writers of all ages residing in Australia.

First prize receives $1500 and publication with SCWC.

Runner-up receives $500 and publication with SCWC.

The SCWC Poetry Award runs annually, seeking poems responding to a different Wollongong Art Gallery exhibition theme each year.

The winning entries will be published in the South Coast Writers Centre’s Anthology.

The SCWC / Merrigong Playwrights Program aims to create a space where writers are encouraged to develop their writing projects among a safe and supportive group of peers. Capped at 10 participants, this is a 10-month program that will run from February-November 2026.

Expressions of Interest are now open for the SCWC Coledale Writers-in-Residence 2026 program, a 12-month creative opportunity designed to support writers in developing their work within a quiet and inspiring environment.

This week-long retreat at Jamberoo Abbey will allow up to 13 emerging or established South Coast writers to focus on developing or completing literary works.

River of Art is a vibrant annual arts festival located in Eurobodalla on the NSW far South Coast. It showcases creative exhibitions, performances and events from Durras to Bermagui and Cobargo. This writing prize invites submissions of poetry or short fiction that responds to art, particularly the art showcased in the River of Art Festival & Art Trail.

5 Islands Press announces this inaugural prize.

“A poem of not more than forty lines on the subject of nature” is the title of a poem of Robert’s that first appeared in Nameless Earth.  And Robert’s title provides the line-length and theme (broad and inclusive but definitely earth-bound) for the prize named for him.

Ekphrasis is a literary description of a visual work of art and for our project, we are inviting anyone 18 years and over to submit poems responding to artworks in the upcoming Tideland exhibition, to be held at SECCA from 14 February 2025.

The Heroines Anthology and the Heroines Women's writing prize accepts poems and short fiction from women across the globe that tell women's lost histories and untold stories, or reimagines myths, fairy tales, folklore, or legends from the perspective of their women characters.

Emerging writers in this program will be connected with one of three writing mentors, Emma Darragh, Judi Morison or Hayley Scrivenor, for 10 hours of mentorship from the end of November 2024 to the end of January 2025.

Graham Thorburn is looking to form a small group of mutually supportive writers with some experience in writing interested in writing a first draft of their own feature length screenplay over the course of 2025. Workshops will be held fortnightly on Thursday nights from 7pm at Coledale, starting in February.