ENTRY AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Entries open: 8.00AM. 14 March 2024. Closing Date: 30 April 2024 at 11:59PM
Prizes: 1st prize $200. 2nd prize $100. 3rd prize $50
Senior Writer Award $100
Novice Writer Award $100
Secondary Education Support Centre Student Award $100
Julian Cowan Youth Award (12-17 years) $100 (donated by Diana Cowan)
Word Count: Up to 600 words maximum
Theme: Open
Eligibility: Entries must be unpublished stories (cannot have appeared in print, or online on a website or blog) and must not have won a prize or been recognised in any other competitions.
Simultaneous submissions allowed: No. Entries must NOT be under consideration elsewhere in other competitions or under consideration for publication.
Full Competition Conditions, Formatting Instructions and Entry Form:
Writing Competition — pcwc.org.au
Entry Fees:
Adult and Senior: Per entry: $10 + Eventbrite fee*,
Youth and Secondary Education Support Student: Per entry : $5 + Eventbrite fee*
*Eventbrite retains their processing fee. Payments can be made with Credit/Debit cards or by Paypal. Payment is only available via the Eventbrite Platform.
Refund Policy:
There are no refunds on PCWC competitions.
Closing date/time: Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 11.59 PM (AWST)
To enter:
1. Pay your entry fees on Eventbrite (see Payment section below). Payment opens 14 March 2024.
2. Complete the downloadable entry form (Word document) on PCWC's website at:
Writing Competition — pcwc.org.au
3. Format your entries as per instructions on our website and entry form. E-mail your story/stories to PCWC together with your entry form indicating your Eventbrite payment order/receipt number. Each story must be saved as a separate Word document or PDF. Send to e: PeterCowanWritersCentre@outlook.com with the subject: PC600SS Competition
Entry payments:
1. Click the red tickets tab at the top right of this screen to begin payment.
- Change number from 0 to 1 beside the entry category (eg. Adult, Novice, Youth, Special Ed) and enter number of entries you wish to purchase.
- Click on the red ‘checkout’ button at the bottom of the screen. Pay with a credit or debit card (Visa/Mastercard/American Express), or your Paypal account. Payment only available via the Eventbrite payment platform.
- Complete all fields marked with a red *, including your name and email address, to receive an email confirmation of your registration/payment.
- After entering your payment details, please complete your name and email address again. Click the red ‘Place your Order’ tab. You will receive an email from Eventbrite confirming your payment. If you do not receive this, please check your SPAM or Junk email folder. Queries: to PCWC at e: PeterCowanWritersCentre@outlook.com with the Subject: PC600SS Comp
About the AwardThe Peter Cowan 600 Short Story Competition was launched by PCWC in 2010 in honour of our namesake Peter Cowan (1914–2002), one of Western Australia’s most esteemed writers and academics. It is fitting that the competition celebrates short story writing as Peter published several volumes of short fiction and is well known for writing in this genre. The recipient of several major writing awards, Peter was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987. He was named a Western Australian State Living Treasure in 1999.
