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Talus Prize

The School of Arts and Humanities’ creative writing prize, the Talus, is open to enrolled ECU undergraduate students across all campuses from any discipline.

The Talus Prize gives students the chance to explore their creativity and express themselves through poetry or short fiction. Prizes are awarded to the most outstanding works in two categories, ‘Prose’ and ‘Poetry’.

The Talus was established in 1972 by our School writing staff, led by Professor Glen Phillips. You can read about the history of the Talus Prize.

For creative writing students, it is often their first experience entering a writing competition. It is valuable preparation for life as a writer who presents work of publishable standard, following industry guidelines and strict deadlines. Students of all disciplines and skill levels can enter and could win.

Categories

Students may submit a maximum of two entries per category:

  • Prose – maximum of 600 words per entry
  • Poetry – maximum of 20 lines per entry

Prizes

The following prizes are awarded in each category:

First Prize

  • Book prize pack donated by Fremantle Press

Highly Commended

  • Book prize pack donated by Fremantle Press

Submission criteria

Submissions open

15 August, 2024

Submissions close

27 October, 2024

Submission guidelines

All entries must follow these strict submission guidelines, otherwise they will not be eligible for the prize:

  • You must be a currently enrolled ECU undergraduate student to enter.
  • Your works must be original and unpublished. They will not have received an award in any other competition prior.
  • You can submit a maximum of two entries per category only.
  • All entries must be typed and double-spaced. All pages must be numbered and the title of your work must appear on each page.
  • To ensure anonymity your name must not appear anywhere on your work.

Manuscripts will be destroyed after the competition, so please keep a copy.

To enter

Entries for this year's Talus Prize have  now closed.

Judges

Judges of the Talus Prize are drawn from the WA writing community. Results will be announced in December and prizes will be awarded at the School’s annual Student Prize Ceremony in March of the following year and will be posted on the School of Arts and Humanities’ website.

The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence shall be entered into.

Contact

Questions should be directed to talusprize@ecu.edu.au

Sponsor

The School of Arts and Humanities greatly appreciates the support of the following sponsor:

Talus Prize Sponsor FreoPress
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