AYWA Dates and TC

Important Dates

Entries Open Sunday 1 June 2025, 12.00am (AWST)
Entries Close Monday 30 June 2025, 11.59pm (AWST)
Finalists notified by Friday 18 July 2025
Finalist's stories on website      Monday 8 September 2025

Conditions of Entry

  1. All entrants must either reside or attend school within the City of Armadale, Perth, Western Australia.
  2. Students must be in school years 3 to 12.
  3. Entries must be prose. No poetry, scripts, graphic novels, or illustrations.
  4. Entries must be the original work of the entrant, and should not be edited by another person.
  5. The use of AI is not permitted.
  6. Ideas should be original and not copied from movies, television or books.
  7. The word limit is 2000 words or less.
  8. Entries should be typed in MS Word (.docx).
  9. One entry per person only. No joint entries.
  10. Names should not appear on entry pages (for judging purposes), only on the entry form which must accompany each entry.
  11. Quality of writing – to be grammatically correct and free of spelling errors.
  12. The judges' decision will be final.
  13. The City of Armadale reserves the right not to present an award.

See the full Terms and Conditions.