South Australia

The winner of this award receives a cash prize and publication of the winning manuscript by Wakefield Press. The award recognises the importance of new writing to a vibrant literary culture. Part of the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.

Phone
(08) 8207 7250
Address
GPO Box 419, ADELAIDE SA 5001
Organiser
State Library of South Australia
Frequency
Every year

The Children’s Peace Literature Award is a biennial award to one or more Australian authors and/or illustrators of books for children that encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local or inter-personal level. Nominations can be made by publishers and by authors or illustrators.

Organiser
Psychologists For Peace (Australian Psychological Society)
Frequency
Every 2 years

The State Library of South Australia, together with the South Australian Government, is pleased to host the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. The awards offer a total prize pool of $167,500 across six national and five South Australian categories, including the coveted Premier’s Award worth $25,000 for the overall winner.

Phone
08) 8207 7258
Frequency
Every 2 years
Category

Era Publications is an educational publisher, specialising in levelled readers for junior and primary school children. They publish fiction and nonfiction series, reference books and online products.

Email
Through website contact page
Tips & General Information
Almost all works are commissioned. Publishes titles attractive to a worldwide audience, and rarely publishes non-fiction or Australiana. Themes, setting and characters must be relevant to younger readers, with an emphasis on the interplay of text and illustration. Refer to website under ‘Editor’ for hints to authors and illustrators and for our current briefs and guidelines. Do not contact by phone. Submissions by email only. Does not accept submissions by post, except by prior arrangement.
Category

Publication features opinions and perspectives from people with a disability, covering news, issues, art, sport, breakthroughs, travel, health, advocacy, products and people in the disability sector.

Publisher
Inprint Design
Frequency
Five issues per year
Category

Wakefield Press is an independent book publishing company based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Vitalstatistix (Vitals) is a boutique producer and presenter of contemporary theatre and interdisciplinary arts projects. Vitals presents and develops new work, residencies, community-based projects, events, collaborations with like-minded makers and presenters, and industry initiatives for South Australian artists. Vitals works from a feminist perspective and has a proud and continuing tradition of supporting women artists.

State Theatre Company South Australia is the flagship theatre company of South Australia and is a resident artistic company of the Adelaide Festival Centre. Commissions, performs and tours theatrical productions of new and existing, classic and contemporary, Australian and international work.

Phone
(08) 84155333
Address
PO Box 8252, Station Arcade, ADELAIDE SA 5000

Short Story competition open to entries in three categories: Adult, Youth, Children, with a limit of two stories per entry. Entrant’s name and address must appear on entry form only. Story title to appear on entries, and on the entry form for identification purposes. Please supply contact phone number. Entries restricted to South Australia. Entries not returned.

Phone
(08) 85220122
Frequency
Every 2 years

Australian contemporary visual and creative art, both mainstream and new practice, including new attitudes and working methods, new technologies, new theories of art, art that is not commercially driven, or social and politically-related work.

Phone
(08) 82716228
Publisher
Artlink Australia
Frequency
Quarterly
Tips & General Information
Email CV plus one or two previously published articles and a list of published articles.

Student and Adelaide focused. Analysis and opinion relevant. Due to significant turnover times, be aware of relevancy concerns – i.e. topics that are quickly discouraged.

Phone
(08) 83035404
Publisher
Adelaide University Union
Frequency
Fortnightly
Tips & General Information
On Dit is constantly searching for interesting longer-form articles about topics both on-campus and off, short stories and poems and other general content. We’re not really seeking straight factual journalism – moreso pieces that feature a personal voice with relevance to students.

Parenting magazine that features informative, challenging and topical feature articles, an extensive calendar of family-focused events, and practical resource guides for parents and anyone involved in the care of children. Topics of interest are parenting experiences and new trends in parenting.

Phone
(08) 83331477
Publisher
Copeland Publishing Pty Ltd
Frequency
11 issues per year
Tips & General Information
Focus is on stories that explore the emotional and intellectual experiences of parenting. Steers away from ‘top tips’ articles. The more specific and unusual the topic, the more interest in the article. Successful submissions may be printed in more than one edition of the Child series – ensure resources are specific to individual editions.

Fashion and lifestyle magazine, including beauty, health and travel.

Phone
(08) 71291030
Publisher
Rip It Up Publishing Pty Ltd
Frequency
Quarterly
Tips & General Information
See website for contacts and read publication for style, tone and typical content.

Hunting, shooting, outdoor recreations, environmentalism and conservation.

Phone
(08) 82727100
Publisher
SSAA
Frequency
Quarterly

Published by the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia and is Australia’s largest (audited) hunting and target shooting magazine.

Phone
(08) 82727100
Publisher
Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia Inc
Frequency
Monthly
Tips & General Information
Accepts articles on a wide variety of shooting subjects and it is impossible to give details of what may be published. Get to know the publication and follow it carefully, because it will become your best guide. Every article submitted must have an angle. There must be a point of view, some uniqueness, an approach that reflects the experience of the shooting world which you want to convey. Interested in how-to articles, good narratives and political articles.

Magazine of the Real Estate Institute of South Australia (REISA). Provides information about policy issues, legislative change, professional development, technological advancement and innovation in real estate marketing.

Phone
(08) 83664300
Publisher
Real Estate Institute of South Australia
Frequency
Quarterly
Tips & General Information
Real Estate Magazine focuses on real estate news and views, so is interested in articles relating to property as well as finance/politics and its implications for the real estate industry. Email your article idea or phone first.

Arts, literature, entertainment and lifestyle magazine.

Phone
(08) 71291060
Publisher
The Adelaide Review Pty Ltd
Frequency
Monthly
Tips & General Information
Check website to confirm current editorial contact details. Payment varies, depending on profile of writer, standard of piece, whether it was commissioned or unsolicited, etc.

The Border Watch is South Australia’s largest regional newspaper circulating throughout the South East of South Australia and Western Districts of Victoria. The newspaper is published every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Phone
(08) 87241515
Publisher
Fairfax Regional Media
Frequency
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

The Eyre Peninsula Tribune was founded in December 1910, with the first edition printed on 10 March 1911. It provides news coverage for nearby towns including Cleve, Cowell, Kimba, Arno Bay, Port Neill, Tumby Bay, Lock, Rudall, Darke Peak and Mangalo.

Phone
(08) 86282037
Mobile
459429266
Publisher
Fairfax Regional Media
Frequency
Weekly
Tips & General Information
Material must be of interest to those in the Eyre Peninsula, SA region.

Biweekly paper based in Murray Bridge, published on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Phone
(08) 85328000
Mobile
0419 842 727
Publisher
Fairfax Media
Frequency
Tuesday and Thursdays
Phone
(08) 87622555
Mobile
0427 620 864
Publisher
Fairfax Media
Frequency
Weekly
Tips & General Information
The deadlines for editorial copy are: Weekday Sports 10am Fridays; Weekend Sports 8am Monday.

The Flinders News is a free, weekly, rural paper that heavily saturates the Mid North, Copper Coast, Flinders Ranges, the Clare and Gilbert Valley regions as well as many other townships in the state’s Mid North region.

Phone
(08) 86339911
Mobile
0407 731 516
Publisher
Fairfax Regional media
Frequency
Weekly

InDaily is Adelaide’s daily independent newspaper covering local and national news, issues, business, sport and culture.

Phone
(08) 82241600
Publisher
Solstice Media
Frequency
Daily

Regional paper, interested in local news and features.

Phone
(08) 85868000
Publisher
Murray Pioneer Pty Ltd
Frequency
Two issues per week
Tips & General Information
Rarely uses material without local angle, so submissions should either be written by a local person, or feature a local issue.

Arts SA provides assistance for South Australian writers to prepare a draft of a new work and to develop their professional skills through the Independent Makers and Presenters Program. Arts SA acknowledges outstanding Australian literary culture with its national biennial Festival Awards for Literature. For more information, please see website.

Phone
(08) 84635444