Ekphrastic Challenge #6 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. Please note that the challenge is to respond to a word (NADIR) rather than an image, that there is a set word count of 182 words (excluding … Continued
Ekphrastic Challenge #5 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. Submissions close 25 May 2026.
naXOs is a Geelong Writers publication of resonant, experimental, contemporary poetry. naXOs evolves from AnoMaly Street; encourages poetry that plays; makes new, unexpected connections through structure, language, and images. Through Geelong Writers naXOs publication we commit to poetry from Geelong, Bellarine, and Surf Coast, unceded lands … Continued
Ekphrastic Challenge #4 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. Submissions close 25 April 2026.
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 than 500 words … Continued