What’s Your Story? Writing Competition

Published on 01 August 2025

1 June – 31 July

The What's Your Story? writing competition is now closed. Winners will be notified by 7 November 2025 and (winners of each category) will be announced by 14 November, with their work published on the library website.

The competition celebrates creativity and storytelling within our community and is a great opportunity for writers and storytellers to showcase their talent.

Prizes are awarded for the best Short Story and Poetry in the adult categories and Creative Writing in the youth categories (ages 5-8, 9-12 and 13-17 years). Works can be fiction or non-fiction, based on any theme, but must be original and previously unpublished.

Entry is free. To enter the adult categories you need to be 18+ years and living in Victoria, while young people aged 5 to 17 years, who live, go to school or work in Stonnington can enter one of three youth categories.

Visit the competition page for more information and to read the terms and conditions.