Final call for entries! Nominations in the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards close at 5 pm AEST today. Find all information and entry forms here ow.ly/ws3z50ReIoJ

Entries are now open for the 2024 Young Writers Award. If you're a writer aged 18-25 living in Queensland, we want your short story! Win $2,000 + publication in Kill Your Darlings + Queensland Writers Centre membership. Entry is free. We can’t wait to read your stories! ow.ly/bsP050R2RT8

These books are among the past winners of the Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance. Want to join this lineup and win $30,000? Don't miss your chance! Learn more about our top prize in the #QldLitAwards : ow.ly/9PKZ50R3Rio

Entries to our 2 prestigious unpublished manuscript awards are open till 12 April. Learn more about the David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Writer + the Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer UQPBooks

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Ready to supercharge your writing journey? 🚀 Explore new heights with the Queensland Literary Awards! 🏆 If you're under 30, this is your golden ticket to elevate your work. With TWO $12,000 awards up for grabs plus $3,000 career support, don't miss out. ow.ly/5OoV50R3Q73

A reminder that our early bird period ends on Monday 18 March! Save $10 when you enter any published book award category. Find info about submitting, all forms, T&Cs and FAQs on our website ow.ly/LTpe50QTWg8 All categories are open till 12 April 🍍

Gather ideas, inspiration and application tips from last year's winners of the Glendower Award, the David Unaipon Award, the Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Awards, & Queensland Writers Fellowships. Enter these by 12 April (and it's free) ow.ly/Eghz50QJEjX

We're thrilled to announce Anne Enright as part of our star-studded out-of-season program for 2024. She'll be in conversation about her new novel The Wren, The Wren with Frances Whiting, 1 March State Library of Qld—click below to book now.
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What should you read this summer? Can we suggest books by sara m. saleh | سارة صالح Kathryn Scanlan Mirandi Isabella Hammad, Daniel Browning & others! Read on for recommendations from Laura Jean McKay #CEASEFIRE Melanie Saward Jack Vening & MinOn 🏖️ tinyurl.com/mryctta6

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Today is UNICEF #WorldChildrensDay . In our final Finders Keepers post for the year, author Julie Koh has chosen a child's artwork from our archive and responded to it with a beautiful short story about sibling love, sunshine and pumpkins. Read it here: slq.qld.gov.au/blog/finders-k…

Discover new recommendations from the Reading, Writing & Ideas team at State Library of Qld! Stories about sovereignty, siblings, fires, doctors and nurses, and the Boston Marathon 🏃‍♀️ ow.ly/16Rw50Q7hPF

Much excitement! @uqpbooks has revealed the cover of the debut short story collection by Mykaela Saunders. 'Always Will Be' won the prestigious David Unaipon Award in 2022. Can't wait to read! You can pre-order a copy here: ow.ly/H5BS50Q6bnO 🎨 Cover by Jenna Lee

🍭 Congratulations to @poetry_anna on launching Anxious in a Sweet Store (Upswell Publishing) in Brisbane yesterday. Anna was awarded a 2020 Queensland Writers Fellowship to write this new collection! Pick up a copy at the State Library of Qld Library Shop ow.ly/Es1Q50Q1YIk

Discover new recommendations from the Reading, Writing & Ideas team at State Library of Qld! Things to keep you busy this weekend: essays, podcasts and books by Dr Amber Gwynne in Griffith Review plus London Review of Books, Melanie Saward, Mirandi & sara m. saleh | سارة صالح ow.ly/5EsI50PYpuQ

How do you prioritise entering writing prizes? Well, five authors who won development awards at the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards share their top application tips, fill us in on their writing projects, and discuss what winning means to them 🏆 ow.ly/jUKq50PXsQX

Don’t forget entries to the 2024 Stella Prize close today at 5pm AEST time! Head to our website to submit: bit.ly/3sGTVQe

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On Monday, come to State Library of Qld to meet the extraordinary Rebecca Makkai and learn more about her newest book 'I Have Some Questions For You' (a mystery, a campus novel, a fascinating narrative voice). Tickets to this Brisbane Writers Festival event are here 📚 bwf.org.au/2023/general-e…

Warmest congratulations to Jeanine Leane, Meanjin’s incoming Poetry Editor, winner of the 2023 David Harold Tribe Poetry Award! The richest poetry prize in Australia, it offers $20,000 for an original unpublished poem on any theme:

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