Now in its third year, The Woollahra Digital Literary Award is a national literary award supporting innovation in Australian literature and publishing, encouraging writers producing work in a digital medium.
The award seeks submissions of a literary nature that are digitally born – published online or in electronic form. The Woollahra Digital Literary Award offers a Non-Fiction, Fiction and Poetry prize for works published digitally in the first instance: Non-Fiction A monograph, collection of essays or a long essay – published in the first instance online or in an electronic format that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile device. (3000-80,000 words.) Fiction A novel, novella or short story collection – published in the first instance online or in an electronic format that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile device. (3000-80,000 words.) Poetry Works of poetry published in the first instance online or in an electronic format that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile device. The maximum word count is 3000 words, or 100 lines, whichever is greater. There is no minimum word count.
The Woollahra Digital Literary Award is open to all Australian residents aged 16 years and over, who have published work online in the first instance in the last two years. Submitted works must be available online as: .epub, .pbd, .mobi/azw, .ibooks or .pdf file from a known ebook vendor or platform (such as iBookstore, Google Play, Amazon, Bookworld, Kobo, Baker & Taylor or Overdrive), or as an article, essay or poetry available on a blog, online magazine or website that has an editorial selection process. Entrants must provide a URL to the web location where digital work can be accessed as proof of publication. It is the responsibility of each entrant to provide a working URL. Only works that were published in a digital format in the first instance will be accepted for judging.
Non-fiction prize: $3000 Fiction prize: $3000 Poetry prize: $1000 Entry fee: $10 Entries close: Monday 11 March 2019 Shortlist announced: Friday 10 May 2019 Winners announced: Thursday 30 May 2019
