AAALS Creative Writing Competition 2026

The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS), together with the American Australian Association, welcomes submissions to our annual creative writing competition between 1-31 March 2026.  

We invite entries in the following categories: 

  • Poetry 
  • Creative Prose  
  • Indigenous Writers Poetry  
  • Indigenous Writers Creative Prose  

With the generous support of the American Australian Association, the winner of each prize will be awarded US$1000, plus publication in the journal Antipodes. 

Further details about eligibility and submission requirements are available here: https://aaals.org/antipodes/, with submissions accepted through the Antipodes portal during March 2026: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/antipodes/submission_guidelines.html

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About Sarah Giles

Sarah is a writer and PhD candidate at Swinburne University researching the possibilities of the contemporary short story cycle exploring women’s experiences of isolation, mental illness and relational agency. Her writing has been published in ACE IV, The Writing Mind, The Incompleteness Book, TEXT Journal and Lip Magazine among others. Sarah teaches creative writing at Swinburne University, volunteers as Social Media Coordinator for Q-Lit Festival and serves as a member of the Executive Committee of Management for the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP).