The Echo is joining forces with Creative Mullum to re-launch the Echo Short Story Competition.
Select stories will be published in the Byron Shire Echo and on echo.net.au.
Budding writers, old timers and first flyers are invited to submit a story of 500-1500 words using the hook ‘The Hitchhiker’.
The hook can be buried in a sentence far off in the distance, it could be the name of a band playing at a pub, or it could be the centrepiece of your story!
Category submissions:
Adult - First prize $1,000
Under 18 - First prize $500 - With thanks to Create Art Studio
+ a host of other prizes!
10 Finalists will be invited to present their story in a live story-telling performance at our very first 'Mullum Moth' hosted by Mandy Nolan and Creative Mullum, on the 1st of April 2026.
Stories will be judged by local writers and industry experts and open to anyone in the Northern Rivers. Each writer is able to submit up to, but no more than 2 entries. The sooner you get those stories in, the sooner we can start selecting the stories that will make it to our echo.net.au.
Please fill out all the details on the below form.
Happy writing, and if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to marketing@creativemullum.org.au