Submissions Open for 2026 Festival

We are welcoming submissions from published authors at all stages of their careers to participate in the 2026 Tamar Valley Writers Festival on October 16-19. Successful authors will preferably have released a new work in the 18 months before the festival, or have a new publication due to be released shortly after.

To make a submission, please fill out the form at this link:

2026 Festival Submissions Form

You may send a review copy of your latest work to accompany your submission to:

Tamar Valley Writers Festival,

PO Box 5306,

Launceston, TAS, 7250.

Submissions close November 30, 2025.

We are a small volunteer-run festival, and sadly cannot provide feedback on every submission. We aim to craft a program that is diverse and vibrant, and which often connects with a certain theme. If your work is not selected for the 2026 program, please know that this is not a reflection of the quality of your writing.

We wish you all the best with your submission and your writing forays!