Creative Australia is the – how shall we say it – rebranded Australia Council for the Arts / Australia Council. Under whatever name it has, this is the body that serves as the major arts funding and advisory body for the Australian Government. You can read its history on Wikipedia if you are interested. The Australia Council … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Creative Australia Awards in Literature| Whispering Gums
The Michael Crouch Award is part of the National Biography Award (NBA) suite of prizes. I have written about the NBA before, but have never specifically focused on the Michael Crouch Award. But first, a quick recap … the National Biography Award has been going since 1996, and celebrates excellence in life writing, that is, … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Michael Crouch Award| Whispering Gums
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce that Victoria Chang will serve as head judge for the 2025 Georgia Poetry Prize.| ugapress.wordpress.com
59th NMW Award for Fiction. Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean” A lifetime ago, one of NASA’s finest rocket men splashed back down to Earth and all its mundaniti…| New Millennium Writings
First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 59th New Millennium Writing Awards!| New Millennium Writings
59th NMW Award for Flash Fiction. JR Fenn of Rochester, New York for “Memory Box” The creative elements Fenn weaves together here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character…| New Millennium Writings
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest Trish Lindsey Jaggers of Bowling Green, Kentucky for “What Dancing Is”| New Millennium Writings
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest Kevin Swanwick of Walden, New York for “Tell the Bees”| New Millennium Writings
Winners and Finalists of our Poem of the Week Awards!| New Millennium Writings
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest Jed Myers of Seattle, Washington for “I Can’t Feel the War”| New Millennium Writings
NMW Winner | America, One Year from Now Writing Contest Hayley Igarashi Thomas of New Market, Maryland for “No Land Is My Land"| New Millennium Writings
Winners and Finalists of our America, One Year from Now Awards!| New Millennium Writings
NMW Winner | America, One Year from Now Writing Contest Kathy McGoldrick of Ellicottville, New York for “Hope”| New Millennium Writings