Joe O'Sullivan Writers Prize 2011

Deadline 14 April 2011

$1,000, limit of 1,000 to 4,000 words - prose, fact or fiction.

Topic:        Modern Migration

 

No Prize was Awarded in 2011


 

Joyce Parkes Writers Prize

Deadline 14 April 2011

$200

 limit 1,000 words Prose, fact or fiction

       Topic: Women's Ascendancy

 

Winner 2011 was Hewella Jenkins

 

Click here to read the winning entry

            

 

Congratulations to the winner and, indeed, to all the entrants for raising the bar in this year's competition. 

The Joyce Parkes Writers Prize is sponsored by the Australian Irish Heritage Association, which is based in Subiaco , Western Australia . Joyce Parkes is the patron of this prize, which is aimed at promoting and encouraging women as writers in Australia .

Joyce Parkes is a well known poet, living in WA. She has published poetry in the following; Canberra Times, ACT; Lip-Service, WA; Breakaway, WA; Artlook, WA; POETRY Australia, NSW; Fling!, Vic.; The Weekend Australian, NSW; Overland, Vic; Sepia, England; Walker on the Top Rail, WA; Westerly, WA; Patterns, WA; Fremantle Arts Review, WA; Wordhord, WA; Celebrations, WA; The Road of Poems and Borders, Finland; (M)other Tongues, Canada; The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW; The Phoenix Review, ACT; The Midland Reporter, WA; Social Images, ACT; Stet, SA; Pen International, England; Kalla Yeedip Arts, WA; The Western Review, WA; The Western Word, WA; The New England Review, NSW; PEN-Perth, WA; It's a Woman's World, PEN Germany; Thylazine's Poets for Peace Project, N.T.; Alison Croggon's Poets Against War; WA; m-a-g/, USA; The Journal, of the Australian Irish Heritage Association, WA.

First Prize is $200.00. This prize is run annually, and is open to all female writers in Australia .

Further details regarding entry rules and topics may be found at the AIHA website; www.irishheritage.net

 

The Australian Irish Heritage Association would like to congratulate all entrants.