BWF Inaugural Short Story Competition
Open to all West Australians. 2500 words or less. $5 entry. $50 first place prize.
Entries close 31 January. Winners announced at BWF.
Download the full rules and submission process from the link below.
2nd Annual BWF: June 2027
Tentative Date: Saturday 5 June 10-5 (WA Day long weekend) - TBC.
Author pitches
Full workshop/talk pitch guidelines available December. Paid opportunity. Connection to Southwest WA (for author or their book(s)) essential; Blackwood Valley authors preferenced.
Submissions open January-February, selection advised mid-March.
If unsuccessful, opportunities exist to run self-organised sessions on either side of the free event and to join the pop-up bookshop for book sales.
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