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Dear Writers, Readers & Storytellers, The Writing WA Newsletter is back for 2026! We cannot wait to share with you all that is going on in the writing world. By …
New release by Robin Bower, RB Publishing – From Manuscript to Publication
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As a professional accredited editor, Robin spent many years answering the same questions from new and emerging writers and those considering self-publishing. She decided to turn those conversations into a …
Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction
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It’s a write-off! 500 words 60 hours 2 teams 1 winner Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars …
Peppermint Grove Retreat
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The Peppermint Grove Retreat offers WA emerging and established authors and illustrators of Children’s and Young Adult books an opportunity to escape their daily lives to focus on creating for …
THE DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD
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The Dorothy Hewett Award is a national award for unpublished manuscripts and is run annually in the month of November. The award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript …
Emerging Writers Competition – Varnish Literary Journal
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We are thrilled to announce our new contest, The Varnish Prize for Fiction! We’re looking for submissions of the most compelling, formally-inventive and vital unpublished short fiction. Submissions are open …