Short Story Competition

2023 Theme
Moments on the Murrumbidgee

SCHOOL CHILDRENPRIZES
Primary Years 3 to 6  Prize $75
Years 7 to 9  Prize $75 
SHORT STORY Years 10 to 12  Prize $150
ADULT  
Local  Prize $200
(Resident of the shires of either Hilltops, Gundagai & Cootamundra, or Yass)
Open  Prize $200

ALL ENTRIES 
Champion Short Story
chosen from above 5 categories  
Prize $300
$2000 prize money from Bragg and Robb families in loving memory of Catherine Bragg

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Entry Fee

Schools – $10 per school
Local – $5 per entry
Open – $5 per entry

  • Closing Date: Monday 18 September 2023
  • All short stories must be author’s original and unpublished work.
  • For school children, the JWF committee kindly requests very minimal assistance from parents and/or teachers
  • One entry per child
  • Short Story must not be illustrated
  • Limit: Short Story no longer than 1,000 words.
  • Copyright remains with author however JWF reserves the right to have any entry published, reproduced or publicised for promotion purposes
  • The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

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2023 Short Story Competition Jugiong Writer’s Festival