Entry to the Funniest 500 members-only competition is now open. First Prize: $500 Theme: Hang on Tight! Closing Date: 14 February 2026. Go to www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/funniest-500 for guidelines and submission details.
The first Ekphrastic Challenge for 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. Submissions close 25 January 2026.
About A space for writers to meet, write and workshop their work. Be inspired by this quirky venue to write in an interesting environment away from home. Take the opportunity to share work/ideas with other writers and learn of/create local … Continued
Ekphrastic Challenge #2 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. Submissions close 25 February 2026.
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
SHUT UP & WRITE Meet up with others, and write. No critiquing, exercises, lectures, ego, competition or feeling guilty. Just write.