The Pearl Prize Meet and Greet

Readings St Kilda is opening their doors this Midsumma Festival for THE PEARL PRIZE 2025!

The Pearl Prize is presented with Osborne and Fawkner Publishing and supported by Midsumma Festival. A writing award where Queer writers have a platform of self expression through the writing landscape and into publication. Fifteen finalists have been selected and published in The Pearl Prize 2025. Readings St Kilda is opening its doors to a meet and greet of the finalists of The 2025 prize. A queer bloom in the Australian writing landscape. The Pearl Prize is unique to Midsumma Festival as it is the first of its kind in a queer arts and culture festival in Australia.

The publication featuring the works from the fifteen finalists will be available to purchase and to be signed by these talents.