Photo by Hans on Unsplash Publication of Responses A big thank you to all the writers who took up the challenge of Ekphrastic Challenge #6 2026. This was a Winter Solstice Challenge where writers were challenged to respond to a … Continued
Video by mariamargarit1998 from Pixabay Publication of Responses A big thank you to all the writers who took up the challenge of Ekphrastic Challenge #5 2026. Entries closed on Monday, 25 May, 2026. Participants proved to have sturdy sea legs … Continued
Image Attribution: Ronan Furuta at https://unsplash.com/ Publication of Responses A big thank you to all the writers who took up the challenge of Ekphrastic Challenge #1 2026. Entries closed on Sunday, 25 January, 2026. We received a wonderful range of imaginative, … Continued
Finest 500 2025 Prize Winners: Sue Gourlay (First Place), Martin Smith (Second Place), Geoff Gaskill (Third Place – Absent) Angry by Tom Adair The Finest 500 is an annual competition for members of Geelong Writers. Entry is free. This … Continued
Responses to the August Challenge: We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to use this image, ‘Wedge tail’ (photo by David Bridge), to inspire an original response in 300 words or less. We present the contributions of … Continued
Responses to the Geelong Writers July 2025 Ekphrastic Challenge #6 We invited everyone – members and non-members alike – to use this image, ‘Chinese Garden’ (photo by A. Wong) to inspire an original response in 300 words or less. Submissions … Continued
We publish below selected responses to the Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge for June, 2025. This image is titled Turning Point, in view of the winter solstice, marking the shortest day. We thank all those who accepted our invitation … Continued
Thank you, Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge fans! You have risen to the Challenge again. Selected for publication below are twenty-one entries to the Nests (#2 2025) challenge. In addition, received from Tony B. for our collective amusement, … Continued
![Ekphrastic Challenge #1 2025: ‘Beach’ by Anne Franks [submissions close on Sun 23 Feb 2025]](https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Beach-1-Anne-Franks-scaled-365x365.jpg)
The first Geelong Writers Ekphrastic Challenge for 2025 featured the photo Beach, by Anne Franks, inviting writers to respond to the image in a submission of up to 300 words. Ekphrastic enthusiasts responded to the Beach image with original … Continued
The Finest 500 is an annual competition for members of Geelong Writers. Entry is free. This year, writers were invited to submit prose or poetry of up to 500 words in response to the theme “Found”. The entries were … Continued