COMPETITIONS

Competition Conditions:
These conditions apply specifically to competitions organised by FAW-Tasmania Inc.

No email entries will be accepted or conditions sent out by email, but we will reply to general enquiries. All contact should be made through our PO Box 234, North Hobart 7002.

The author's name must not appear on manuscripts. The author's name, phone number, address, email address (if applicable), and the title of the work must be written on a separate sheet. Only the title of the work should appear on the manuscript.

Entries should be typed and double spaced on one side of the paper only, although under special circumstances a legible, handwritten entry may be accepted. Where there are few sheets for an entry, they may be folded into a DL size envelope to save postage costs: also, large envelopes containing few pages are often damaged in the post.

Entries must be the original work of the entrant, be unpublished, and not have won a prize in any other competition.  Please do not enter any work currently submitted to another competition.

Judge's decisions are final, and no correspondence relating to these decisions will be entered into.

It is a condition, that if a winner of an FAW-Tasmania Inc. competition is unable to attend a presentation meeting, his or her work may be read out at that meeting.

All entrants to FAW-Tasmania Inc. in-house competitions must be financial members. Where an entry fee is $5 or less, 50cent stamps to the value of the entry fee may be sent in lieu of a cheque or postal order.

If, in the opinion of the committee of FAW-Tasmania Inc. there are insufficient entries for any competition organised by them, the committee reserves the right to cancel that competition.

All entries will be destroyed after prizes have been awarded. Entrants should therefore always keep a copy of their work.

Send entries to:
FAW-Tasmania Inc
PO Box 234
North Hobart, Tas 7002

FAW Tasmania Inc conducts two biennial short story competitions. The Henry Savery Short Story competition is run in odd-numbered years, and the Iris Milutinovic Short Story competition is held in even-numbered years. Full details of each competition are advertised in Tascribe and on the web page in the appropriate year.

The 2008 Iris Milutinovic Award

Open to all writers resident in Tasmania

Irish Milutinovic was a member of the Fellowship and a well-known short story writer.  This competition, held in her memory and at her wish, celebrates the form of writing at which she excelled.

First Prize $200

Second Prize $100

Third Prize $50

Conditions

1.                  The story must be between 1500 and 3000 words in length.

2.                  The story must depict a contemporary event with realism, style and good characterisation.

3.                  Each entry must be the author’s original, unpublished work and must not have won a monetary prize in any other competition.

4.                  Work must be typed, double-spaced, on one side only of A4 paper, with pages numbered and stapled in the top left-hand corner.  Story title only on work.  Please keep copies of work, as entries will be destroyed after judging.

5.                  Author’s name must not appear on stories.  Please include a separate sheet showing title of work and author’s name and contact details.

6.                  Entry fees of $5 per story, made payable to FAW-Tasmania Inc, must accompany all submissions.

7.                  Entries must be posted by June 30, 2008 to be eligible for judging.

8.                  Results will be announced at the FAW meeting on September 10, 2008.  Prize-winning entries may be read at this or a later meeting.  Prize-winners not present will be notified by mail

9.                  Address entries to:       
Iris Milutinovic Award
FAW-Tasmania Inc
PO Box 234
NORTH HOBART  TAS 7002

Norma & Colin Knight Poetry Award

 for a poem of up to 60 lines

Open theme

 
Open only to FAW Tas members

 No entry fee

Conditions

*    Poems must be original, unpublished and must not have won a monetary prize           in any other competition.

 *    Title only on manuscript.  Entrant’s name and contact details and title/s of work are to appear on a separate sheet.  Entries are numbered and submitted anonymously to the judge.

 *    Please keep a copy of your work as entries will not be returned.

 *    Entries close on July 31, 2008.  Work must be postmarked by this date to be eligible for judging.

 *    Results will be announced at the FAW-Tasmania Inc meeting on September 10, 2008 at which the prize-winning entry may be read.  Prizewinners not present will be notified by mail.  If you wish to receive a results slip, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped DL or C6 envelope with your entry.

 *    Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

 *    Address your entries to:

Norma & Colin Knight Award
FAW-Tasmania Inc
PO Box 234
NORTH HOBART  TAS 7002