Gregory Marks on Wake In Fright, Lachlan Summers on the naming of storms, Jack Kirne on colonialism and climate literature, plus new fiction and poetry from Laurie Steed, Karen A Johnson, Yeena Kirkbright, Holly Isemonger, joanne burns, and the winner of the 2021 Nakata Brophy Prize.
For several years now, Overland has been hosting a number of prestigious prizes, with support from organisations such as the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, Victoria University, Story Wines and the United Workers Union.
Below is the list of prizes we’re running this year, along with their opening dates. Visit the individual prize page to find out details and guidelines.
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Worth $6500. Open now.
Worth $6500. Open now.
Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize Worth $9000. Open now.
Worth $9000. Open now.
Overland Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature Worth $7000. Open soon.
Worth $7000. Open soon.
Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Prize: $5000 and a residency up to three months. Open in 2021.
Prize: $5000 and a residency up to three months. Open in 2021.
Fair Australia Prize Worth $20,000. Now closed. Will reopen in 2023.
Worth $20,000. Now closed. Will reopen in 2023.
Entry conditions Major prize: $6000 Second prize: $2000 Third prize: $1000 Winners will be published in Overland 230, autumn 2018. The award is open to poets who have had no more than one solo collection of their work commercially published: that is, by a publishing house with commercial distribution. The prize is open to Australian and international writers. […]
2008 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation ‘An iPod for an iPod and a Bluetooth for a Bluetooth’ Keri Glastonbury on this year’s poems The title is taken from one of the 815 entries submitted for this year’s Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and […]
The Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for Young Indigenous Writers Judges: Sally Dalton-Brown, Trinity College (Chair); Jennifer Mills, Overland; Tony Birch, University of Melbourne Prize: $5000 The successful writer will also be offered a place as Writer-in-Residence at Trinity College for a period of up to three months. The successful piece will be published in […]
2009 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, sponsored by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation Networked communites Keri Glastonbury on this year’s poems The winner of the 2009 Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets is Derek Motion for his poem ‘forest hill’. It is somewhat similar in style and […]
This year, the prize’s overarching theme is New collectives, old struggles. What does unionism mean to people today? What should be its objectives? How can we come together to make real change, now and into the future? The material below, mostly written or produced by National Union of Workers members, should be considered by those submitting stories, […]
For some years now, Overland has supplemented its online content with a lively group blog. But, with the editorial staff based in Melbourne, the blog lacks a national focus. And that’s what we want to change. We want to hear about what’s happening for writers and activists around the country: not just in the big […]
