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The 2024 CYA writing and illustration competitions are open!
The 2024 competition dates are:
Closes: 14th April – Last email by midnight AEST.
Shortlisted entries will be notified by 20th June.

Beckett
Jan 27, 20241 min read


Bookings are open for CYA 2023
We're excited to announce that while we're still finalising the 2023 program, bookings are now opened, and so it the competition.

Beckett
Jan 22, 20231 min read


Competition Update
Oh goodness, time is flying past, and deadlines are looming. We’re excited to announce the final judges of the published categories...

Beckett
Mar 27, 20221 min read


This week's news.
More editors, more bootcamps, more news

Beckett
Jan 22, 20222 min read


Competitions are now open
The 2022 CYA Writing and Illustrating Competitions are now open.

Beckett
Jan 2, 20221 min read


We've got a little list...
If you haven't already heard the full lists are up of this year's competition results.

Beckett
Aug 29, 20211 min read


The competition shortlist is live.
Congratulations to everyone who made the list. Thank you to all the judges of round one!

Beckett
Jun 20, 20211 min read


Illustration Competition Results
Congratulations to all those who entered the inaugural Illustration Station and CYA Conference Illustration Awards. The winners are:...

Beckett
May 17, 20211 min read


Illustration Station & CYA Conference Illustration Award Shortlist Announced
Illustration Award Shortlist Announced

Beckett
Apr 30, 20211 min read


Competition Stats
Now that the competitions are closed we thought it'd be fun to share a few stats.

Beckett
Apr 5, 20211 min read


Competitions Close Tonight
Don't forget the that the Competitions close at midnight Australian Eastern Standard time tonight. 12 writing categories and there's...

Beckett
Apr 4, 20211 min read


Announcing the Judges of the Published Author Sections
Announcing the published section judges for the 2021 writing competition categories

Beckett
Mar 30, 20211 min read


ILLUSTRATION COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
We are excited to announce that we have teamed up with The Illustration Station to bring you The Illustration Station and CYA Conference...

Beckett
Jan 15, 20211 min read


Shipwrecked? Here's a lifebuoy!
2020 has been a tough year and we want to throw you a lifebuoy and give one lucky person a chance to join our shipwrecked Writers at Sea...

Beckett
Oct 25, 20201 min read


The 2020 Competition Shortlist is Out!
Well done to everyone who took the big step of entering, and having an unknown face look at your work, and give their opinion and...

Beckett
Jun 20, 20201 min read


Is your email address correct
Have you changed email addresses since registering for the 2020 CYA All-Stars Conference? Now would be a good time to let us know as...

Beckett
Jun 20, 20201 min read


It's a Virtual Experience
We’ve decided to make the call earlier than planned, to go virtual for 2020. And, rather than run the three streams each day on one weekend.

Beckett
Mar 29, 20204 min read


We've got a new website!
We're so excited to present our new sparkly website. It's been a while in the making, and we hope you like it as much as we do. We still...

Beckett
Oct 23, 20182 min read


CYA Competition 2018 winners
On 7th July 2018, the 13th CYA Conference took place in Brisbane. With just over 200 people on site, we had an amazing day. Thank you to...

Beckett
Jul 16, 20183 min read


Shortlist 2018
CYA Conference is pleased to announce the short list for the CYA Conference 2018 Writing and Illustrating Competition. Please note that...

Beckett
Jun 20, 20185 min read
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