Currently closed. Will reopen in 2017.

The Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers will reopen in 2017.

This annual competition encourages excellent and original short fiction by new writers of up to 3000 words in length. At a grand first prize of $6000, it is a coveted annual fiction award for new writers in Australia. There are also two runner-up prizes of $1000. All three winners will be published in the spring issue of Overland.