Category: Events

The Greek-Australian Cultural League is announcing this year’s Literary Competition. This Competition is now an established annual event in the cultural and literary scene of the Greek community in Australia.

The Literary Competition includes works written in the Greek or English language, by writers residing in Australia and over 18 years of age, in the following categories: Poetry and Short story.

With the participation of all of us, the Literary Competition will be upgraded through reaching the widest pool of writers in Australia and, it will give to all our members and friends the opportunity to present their unpublished works to a wider audience. Please submit your works by Friday 28th June 2024.

The winning entries in each category in each language will be published in Issue No. 70, 2024 of the annual bilingual periodicals of the GACL, ANTIPODES. The results of the Literary Competition will be announced at a special function to be determined later in the year.

Looking forward to your positive response, please see the Rules of the Literary Competition below and click the button below to participate. Please ensure to attach your works to the Application Form.

2024 LITERARY COMPETITION RULES

• The Literary Competition covers work written in either Greek or English or bilingual in the following categories: poetry and short stories, by writers who are residents in Australia and over the age of 18.
• Participants are required to complete a registration form on the Greek-Australian Cultural League website (www.gacl.org.au)
• The adjudication will be separate for each language.
• Participants may submit work in one or all the categories and in one or both languages, with only one piece in each category they choose.
• Submissions with many grammatical and syntactical mistakes will be rejected.
• Works that do not comply with the limits of content, as prescribed below, will be automatically rejected and will not be forwarded to the Judging Panel.
• Content limits: Poem: 100 verses (lines); Short story: 2000 words.
• All submissions should be the original work(s) of the authors and should not have been submitted in another competition or have been previously published.
• Each work submitted should be signed by a pseudonym (nom de plume) and the same pseudonym should be used in signing all the entries submitted by the same person.
• Each competition entry should be sent only electronically (Word document attachment) to the competition email address: gaclitcomp@gmail.com. Additionally, in a separate text sent to the same email address, participants are required to forward their particulars, including the pseudonym, the full name, address, email and telephone numbers and also, the number of verses in their poems and number of words in their short stories.
• The First Prize in each category and in each language will be awarded a commemorative certificate and a monetary prize. The Second and Third Prizes and any Commendations will have a relevant award certificate and books as a gift.
• In all categories and languages, the works awarded First Prize will be published in the 70th issue of the periodical Antipodes.

The 70th issue of the bilingual literary periodical Antipodes will be launched οn Sunday 20th October 2024.

This year the periodical is dedicated to Cyprus. This special issue will incorporate many aspects of the island of Aphrodite which will attest to the uniqueness and endurance of the Cypriot people over the centuries.

50 years have passed since the island’s illegal invasion and its continuous unjustified occupation thus generating ongoing discourse for the eventual solution of this unresolved problem.

As usual, this issue of the periodical will publish works submitted by our members or non-members such as poems, short stories, studies, essays, book reviews and οther literary works, in Greek and English and the Visual Arts.

Works to be submitted for publication must be original works that have not been published or promoted in another publication and must be the final copy of the submission. Literary works should be no longer than the limits prescribed as follows: Poems: 100 verses (lines), short stories and essays; 2000 words, studies: 2000 words, book reviews and other reviews (exhibitions, music, plays, films): 1000 words. Works that exceed the specified size limits will be rejected, without involving the Editorial Committee.

The deadline for submitting contributions is Friday 21st June 2024.

Works Submitted must be sent electronically in Word document format, (attachment) by clicking on the button below:

We are seeking sponsors for this special publication. The back cover is offered for advertisements for $ 1,800.00, while a half page advertisement is offered for $ 600.00. We appeal to you, our members, friends and supporters, to respond.

14th Annual Art Exhibition: Antipodean Palette 2024

A Call for Entries

The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GACL) is pleased to announce that this year the Antipodean Palette Group Exhibition will take place on 10th-21th July 2024 and invites artists to apply for participation. This event celebrates the diverse works of artists within the Greek-Australian community.

Now in its 14th year, the Antipodean Palette has become an annual highlight in the Greek-Australian Cultural League’s calendar and an important forum to present and discuss works influenced by our different cultures. Preparations for this exciting event are under way and established as well as young up-and-coming artists are encouraged to participate.

The exhibition will be held at Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon Street, Carlton. The gallery will be open Tuesday to Friday 10am – 4 pm, and during the weekends 11am – 3pm.

Artists are invited to express their interest to participate by clicking on the button below:

The GACL is a non-profit organisation established in 1970, supporting the creative endeavours of Greek-Australian writers, artists and musicians. Awarded a Medal for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs & Meritorious Service to the Community, the GACL contributes to the enrichment of literature and the arts by organising many successful annual events.