The 2014 Adrien Abbott Prize CLOSES SEPTEMBER 1st

The Adrien Abbott Prize was launched on 4th May 2012 for Adrien - a gifted writer and inspirational teacher of english who died before her time in May 2010. This is the third year of this competition "inspired by the poetry of her life" - Mark Tredinnick

Competition Theme 2014 — MUSIC
Poem(s) maximum of 25 lines — 1st prize $400 tutorial with Mark Tredinnick
Short story(s) maximum of 750 words — 1st prize $400 tutorial with Diana Simmonds
Closing date — 1st September 2014
The collected stories & poems — winners and highly commended will be announced 15th October 2014
Judges 2013 — Mark Tredinnick & Diana Simmonds
{ Judges 2012— Kathryn Heyman & Mark Tredinnick }
Each entry must be submitted anonymised as an individual PDF file — Ariel 16pt
Full name and address required separately— including State & postcode
Open to residents of Australia.
A poem or short story can have been submitted elsewhere, or be under consideration elsewhere but not previously published at the time of submission.

Submissions should have either 'poem' or 'short story' in the subject of the email and be sent to — adrienabbottprize@gmail.com