Salisbury Writers' Festival Writing Competition
Subcategory of Awards Australian Awards
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History

The Salisbury Writers' Festival Writing Competition is run as part of the Salisbury Writers' Festival, a joint project between the City of Salisbury, SA Writers' Centre and the Salisbury Library Service. The competition is open to South Australian residents in two categories: Aged 17 and over; and Aged 16 and under. Prizes amount to $1200 across both categories, and winners are announced during the festival, held in August each year.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2016

winner (Adult, Open Category) My Father's Blood i "was the darkest blood", Mike Hopkins , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 56-57)

Year: 2012

winner Dogbreath's Feast Jenny Toune , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2013 2013; (p. 223-226)

Year: 2010

winner Fossil-Hunting Ray R. Tyndale , 2011 single work prose
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011;
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