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  • LITERARY COMPETITION 2026

The Greek-Australian Cultural League, as part of its activities this year, has decided to announce two topics for the Literary Competition –

1. For the promotion of the Greek language and contemporary cultural dialogue, the topic: The Greek language traverses through the world and through time
2. With a sense of responsibility towards the historical memory of the Exodus of Messolonghi, the topic: The timelessness ofsacrifice in the modern era
3. You may also choose not to select one of the two topics and write on a topic of your own choice.

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widest pool of writers in Australia and, it will give to all our members and friends the opportunity to present their unpublished works to a wider audience.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 17 th July 2026.

The winning entries in each category in each language will be published in the annual bilingual periodical of the GACL, ANTIPODES. The results of the Literary Competition will be announced at a special function to be determined later in the year.

SUBMIT APPLICATION

2026 LITERARY COMPETITION RULES

  • The Literary Competition covers work written in either Greek or English in the following categories: poetry and short stories, by writers residing in Australia and over 18 years of age.
  • Participants are required to complete a registration and entry form, which can be requested from the Literary Competition address: gaclitcomp@gmail.com or completed online
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Submissions with many grammatical and syntactical mistakes will be rejected.
  • 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 or submitted online via the website. 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, telephone numbers, the number of verses in their poems and the number of words in their short stories (The entry or Application form).
  • The Literary judges reserve the right to preclude an entry if it is considered to have too many syntactical or orthographical mistakes.
  • The First Prize in each category and in each language will receive a commemorative certificate and a monetary prize. The Second and Third Prizes and any Commendations will receive a commemorative award certificate and books.
  • In all categories and languages, the works awarded First Prize will be published in the latest issue of the periodical Antipodes.