Geelong Writers will be undertaking a comprehensive review of its operations over the coming months. This will include seeking feedback from its members and supporters via a survey. The review will include our competitions schedule, and as a consequence … Continued
Funniest 500 2026 Prize Winners Claudia Collins (First Place), Steve Gray (Second Place – Absent), Catherine Bell (Third Place) The Funniest 500 is a new competition for members of Geelong Writers. Entry is free. This year, writers were invited to … Continued
Photo by Roger Bradshaw on Unsplash Geelong Writers is now accepting submissions for the Finest 500 2026 competition. The Finest 500 is an annual competition for paid members of Geelong Writers only. This year, members are invited to submit prose or poetry to no more … Continued
Following last year’s highly successful, inaugural Geelong Short Play Festival, when over 300 people attended the three sessions, the 2026 Festival is open for writers to submit original, fifteen-minute plays, six of which will be anonymously chosen by a panel … Continued
Submissions to Funniest 500 are now open. We’re looking for our members to submit their funniest stories, stories that go beyond mirth, beyond rib-tickling, beyond side-splitting. Indeed, we want stories where the reader will laugh so hard that they will … 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
First Prize Illidan Mel King 9/3/2027 Steampacket Gardens Geelong Waterfront Sunset It’s getting dark on the waterfront, a hazy red sunset painting a fiery sheen over the inky black of Corio Bay. The streets should be … Continued
Second Prize The Cold Jesse Harman The storm came from nowhere. We’d known for a long time how vicious these Antarctic winds could be, but this one was different. Unprecedented, given it was midsummer, and unseasonably vicious. We’d … Continued
Third Prize The Landlord’s Ladder Mel King It’s 4 pm on an unseasonably warm April afternoon. You’re sitting cross-legged on your bed, squirming because your back hurts like a bastard from hunching over your laptop. You’ve been perched in … Continued
Honourable Mention The Climb Tanya Scott As my boots skid on the wet platform and my legs shoot out from under me, all I can think is, Not yet. For a wild, panicked moment, I’m falling, weightless. I … Continued