The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GACL) of Melbourne annual Literary Competition covers work written in either Greek or English in the following categories: poetry, short stories and one-act theatrical plays by writers residing in Australia and is open to all ages.

Participants are required to complete a registration form which can be downloaded from the GACL website (www.gacl.com.au) and should be emailed to the Literary Competition address: gaclitcomp@gmail.com

The adjudication will be separate for each language and submissions are accepted in one or all the categories and in one or both languages, with only one piece in each category they choose. Works with mixed language content, for example parts of a dialogue in a poem, a short story or a one-act play, are acceptable, but they will be classified according to the language used in the largest part of the text, at the discretion of the judging panel.

Works that do not comply with the limits of content, as prescribed below, will be automatically rejected and will not be forwarded to the panel of judges. 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.
Poems can be up to 100 verses (lines) long, short stories up to 2000 words and one-act plays up to 15 minutes’ duration.

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.

All competition entries 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 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 a commemorative trophy and a monetary prize. The second and third prizes and any commendations will be a relevant award certificate and books.

In all categories and languages, the works awarded first prize will be published in the 62nd issue of the periodical Antipodes which will be launched on the day of the announcement of the awards.

The deadline for the submission of works for participation in the Literary Competition 2016 is Friday 24 June 2016 and results will be announced on the day of the launch of the 62nd issue of the periodical Antipodes in October this year.