This competition is named after long-time English- Speaking Union (Qld) member and its immediate past President Roly Sussex, Emeritus Professor of Applied Language Studies at The University of Queensland, and a leading champion of language and languages in Australia. His weekly ABC Radio program “A Word in Your Ear” has been running for 26 years. This prized literary award was launched in 2012. It fosters original creative writing of outstanding quality, including experimental, challenging or
thought-provoking work.
Eligibility Authors must be Australian citizens or Australian residents who are not related to the judges or members of the Board
of the English-Speaking Union. Entrants to the Secondary School Division must be enrolled full-time at a secondary school.
Submitted stories should not have been published before.
