Frequently Asked Questions

For the purposes of The Woollahra Digital Literary Award, published in an online or digital format means: readily available for access or download as:

• an .epub, .mobi/azw, .ibooks or .pdf file from a known e-book vendor or platform (such as iBookstore, Google Play, Amazon, Bookworld, Kobo, Baker & Taylor or Overdrive).
• an article on a blog, online magazine or website with an editorial selection process.

If you have submitted work to an online journal, website or a digital platform run by an individual or group who makes careful and considered decisions about what work is published, your entry will be eligible for judging. This is a prize for professional writers that recognises the high quality of writing published via a network of magazines, journals, digital publishers, group blogs and so on.

Self-published works will be accepted if they have been published in the first instance in e-book form, and are readily available for digital download on a known platform (such as iBookstore, Google Play, Amazon, Bookworld, Kobo, Baker & Taylor or Overdrive). Unfortunately, for this award you cannot enter work that has been published on your own blog or website unless it has undergone an editorial selection process.

Entrants must provide a URL to the web location where digital work can be accessed as proof of publication. We need to be able to check where and when your work was made available to access or download. Only works that were published in a digital format in the first instance will be accepted for selection.

No, you must be a current Australian resident to enter The Woollahra Digital Literary Award, but your work may be published on a website or platform hosted in any country.

This is not required for digital publications that are readily accessible, but if your work is published behind a paywall by providing a PDF copy of your work for judging you allow access to your work without a need to subscribe to an online journal or purchase a copy of your e-book (for those entries published on an online e-book platform for purchase).

This is a development award for innovation in literature, supporting projects where digital technology is used in a new and original way to enhance written storytelling.

To encourage the production of new creative works that push the boundaries of what literature can achieve with technology, we are looking for concepts for works that integrate innovative digital elements as part of a written story that ultimately enhances the reading experience.

You do not yet need to have published your work, but need to be able to demonstrate that you are working on a project that can be completed with the assistance of the seed funding offered by the Digital Innovation prize (eg. collaboration with a computer programmer or web designer).

To be considered for this prize, your proposed work should contain dynamic or interactive elements that support narrative, generate a specific narrative mood, tone or genre, and/or your work should thematically explore digital life.