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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260526
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SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge Open
DESCRIPTION:Ekphrastic Challenge #6 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nPlease 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 title) and that the challenge closes on 19 June 2026. \n  \n \nSubmissions close 25 January 2026. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open-2026-02-01-2026-06-01/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260526
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SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge #5 2026 Open
DESCRIPTION:Ekphrastic Challenge #5 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nSubmissions close 25 May 2026. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open-2026-02-01-2026-05-01/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260426T174215Z
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UID:23694-1777248000-1780271999@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:naXOs Submissions Open
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThrough Geelong Writers naXOs publication we commit to poetry from Geelong\, Bellarine\, and Surf Coast\, unceded lands inhabited for thousands of years by the Wadawurrung peoples. We give deference to the voices of all peoples who live on the edge of sea and land. \nSubmissions for the inaugural edition of naXOs are now open. \nSubmissions close on 31 May 2026.
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/naxos-submissions-open/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Publication
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jean Pearce":MAILTO:naxos@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTSTAMP:20260215T102716Z
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UID:22178-1774915200-1775001599@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Funniest 500 Shortlist Announced
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/funniest-500-shortlist-announced/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Competition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Geelong Writers":MAILTO:geelongwriters@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTSTAMP:20260327T190015Z
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SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge #4 2026 Open
DESCRIPTION:Ekphrastic Challenge #4 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nSubmissions close 25 April 2026. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open-2026-02-01-2026-04-01/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTSTAMP:20260428T104432Z
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UID:22653-1773619200-1777852799@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Finest 500 2026 Competition Submissions Open
DESCRIPTION:Geelong Writers is now accepting submissions for the Finest 500 2026 competition. \nThe 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 in response to the prompt ‘Turning Point’. \n \nPRIZES\nFirst Prize: $500\nSecond Prize: $50 book voucher\nThird Prize: $30 book voucher \nShortlisted entries will be published in a chapbook and online. \nSubmissions close 3 May 2026.\nFor full details and submission portal\, please go here. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/finest-500-2026-competition-submissions-open/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Competition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Competition Coordinator":MAILTO:competitions@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260326
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UID:19699-1772323200-1774483199@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge #3 2026 Open
DESCRIPTION:Ekphrastic Challenge #3 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nSubmissions close 25 March 2026. \n  \nImage by K_2_K from Pixabay
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open-2026-02-01-2026-03-01/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316
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UID:21968-1769990400-1773619199@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:2026 Short Play Competition Submissions Open
DESCRIPTION: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 of experienced judges to be performed by local theatre companies at the Geelong Arts Centre in August.
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/2026-short-play-competition/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Competition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul Bucci":MAILTO:paulbucci@live.com.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260226
DTSTAMP:20260201T174116Z
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UID:19698-1769904000-1772063999@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge #2 2026 Open
DESCRIPTION:Ekphrastic Challenge #2 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nSubmissions close 25 February 2026. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open-2026-02-01/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260126
DTSTAMP:20251230T222644Z
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UID:19551-1767225600-1769385599@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Ekphrastic Challenge #1 2026 Open
DESCRIPTION:The first Ekphrastic Challenge for 2026 is now open. Go to https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/ekphrastic-challenge/ for details. \n  \nSubmissions close 25 January 2026. \n 
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/ekphrastic-challenge-open/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ekphrastic Challenge
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ekphrastic Challenge Moderator":MAILTO:ekphrastic@geelongwriters.org.au
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260215
DTSTAMP:20251230T222010Z
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UID:19785-1765929600-1771113599@www.geelongwriters.org.au
SUMMARY:Funniest 500 Competition Submissions Open
DESCRIPTION:Entry to the Funniest 500 members-only competition is now open. \nFirst Prize: $500 \nTheme: Hang on Tight! \nClosing Date: 14 February 2026. \nGo to www.geelongwriters.org.au/competitions/funniest-500 for guidelines and submission details.
URL:https://www.geelongwriters.org.au/event/funniest-500/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Competition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Geelong Writers":MAILTO:geelongwriters@gmail.com
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