Now open: National digital literary award

The Woollahra Digital Literary Award celebrates works originally published in a digital format. So think epub, online articles and so on.

It’s exciting to see an award that recognises digital publishing in its own right. Of course, it can’t be any old thing chucked up on the internet – you’ll have to read the guidelines to make sure your work is eligible.

There are three categories with a $7000 prize pool.

From the media release:

Non-Fiction ($3000 prize)
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. 3,000-80,000 words.

Fiction ($3000 prize)
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.

Flash and Short Fiction ($1000 prize)
Short form fiction, published in the first instance online or in an electronic format that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or mobile device. 100-3000 words.

The Woollahra Digital Literary Award open to Australian residents aged 16 years and over and entries close 12 March 2018.

To find out more or to enter, visit the Woollahra council website.