Submissions Now Open: ‘Portrait’!

I’m thrilled to announce that in 2020 the Northern Beaches Council will again be publishing an anthology of 24 writers and artists, with me as editor. This time the theme is ‘portrait’!

I am very excited to edit this anthology, as the 2019 anthology was so utterly amazing. All the background to that anthology is over here: how it originated, the involvement of the Northern Beaches Council, Libraries and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, and its inaugural launch. The theme is so inspiring too… and certainly not restricted to the physical shape ‘taller than wide’.

Portraits have long been the exploratory subjects of both literary and visual works, as they can offer representative analyses giving deep insight of people, places, objects or ideas, whether fictional, impressionist or realist. Also, self-portrait!

Submissions are already open! Below are the entry details – please enter and/or share them far and wide! Anyone with a connection to Sydney’s Northern Beaches can enter. Successful candidates will receive a creator’s fee and a complimentary copy of the anthology presented at the launch night in September. Selected artworks will be displayed at Northern Beaches Libraries, as well as on the 24-hour digital display screen at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.

Important dates

• Closing date for entry: Monday 16 March, 9am.
• Launch night: Thursday 17 September, 6pm at Manly Library, 1 Market Place, Manly NSW.
• Digital exhibition open to the public: Friday 18 September at Manly Art Gallery & Museum as well as displayed at Northern Beaches Libraries.

How to Enter

Entry form for writer submissions

Entry form for artist submissions

More Information

For further information see the webpage or contact: ArtAndWordsProject[at]northernbeaches[dot]nsw[dot]gov[dot]au

Good luck!