Announcing the Geelong Regional Libraries & Deakin University Local Word Poetry Prize

Calling all poets!

Entries for the Local Word Poetry Prize are now open.

Submissions of up to 75 lines are welcome from emerging and established poets.

Entries are free and close at 5.00pm, Saturday 1 July, 2023.

The winner of the prize will receive:

  • a cash prize of $2000.
  • a one-hour mentoring session with a Deakin University writing practitioner.
  • publication on Geelong Regional Library Corporation’s (GLRC) website and announcement in GRLC’s e-newsletter

Commended writers will receive:

  • a cash prize of $250
  • publication on GRLC’s website and announcement in GRLC’s e-newsletter

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