What’s Your Story? Writing Competition

Published on 02 June 2025

1 June – 31 July

If you’re a writer or storyteller, enter our What’s Your Story? writing competition for a chance to win some amazing prizes.

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 Works can be fiction or non-fiction, based on any theme, but must be original and previously unpublished.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.