9th Annual
2025 ADELAIDE LITERARY MAGAZINE
AWARD CONTEST

The 2025 ADELAIDE LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARD Contest is now open for submissions.
Entries are accepted in short story, essay, and poetry categories.

The complete guidelines for the 2025 contest are below:

Deadline: October 31, 2025

Eligibility: BOTH previously published and unpublished work in English can be submitted. We accept entries from all ages 18 and over, from all countries. You do not have to have published anything to be eligible.

Entries should be the work of a single author.

All entries should be in a standard typeface and 12pt font and in .pdf or .doc format.

For short story: ONE short story, maximum 25 (double-spaced) pages per entry.

For essay: ONE essay, maximum 25 (double-spaced) pages per entry.

For poetry: No more than FIVE poems per entry, up to 18 pages total.

Entrants may submit to any or all categories more than once;
however, each entry must be accompanied by its own entry fee.

Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please notify us immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

Please indicate the type of submission (short story, essay, poetry) in the submission email.

Entries should be sent as attachments via email to submit@adelaidemagazine.org
Please, in the email Subject line write ADELAIDE AWARD 2025.

Include your complete contact information (name, address, telephone, email address) in the submission email.

Previous first place winners may not re-enter in the same genre.

A €20 EU ($24 US) reading fee must accompany each entry. Please, follow this ENTRY FEE link to submit your reading fee before submitting your entry or entries.

Winners will be notified by November 24, 2025.

The winning author in each category shall receive a publishing contract for a book of poetry, short stories, or essays by Adelaide Literary Magazine and a free copy of the Adelaide Awards Anthology 2025. The WINNERS will be featured in the interview section of the Adelaide Literary Magazine December 2025 edition; and will be nominated by Adelaide Literary Magazine for a Pushcart Prize.

Five shortlist winner nominees in each category will be announced, recognized, and featured in the respective sections (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) of the Adelaide Literary Magazine December 2025 Edition. Each shortlist winner nominee shall receive a FREE copy of the Adelaide Awards Anthology 2025 and may be considered for a book publishing contract.

Up to thirty-three finalists in each category will be announced, recognized, and their selected works will be published in the Adelaide Awards Anthology 2025.

Adelaide Awards Anthology 2025 will be released by December 19, 2025.

Questions? Contact writer@adelaidemagazine.org