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2025 Premier’s Book Awards open for entries

Posted on 13 January 202513 January 2025 Entries close on 20 February 2025
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The Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards are back for 2025 with a total prize pool of $120,000 and four new categories. The new genre categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and …

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Remembering Brenda Walker

Posted on 12 December 202412 December 2024
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Writing WA is devastated to learn of the tragic loss of award-winning Australian author Brenda Walker, aged 67, who was killed in a car accident on Kings Park Road in …

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2025 New Norcia Heritage Writer-in-Residence: Zoe Deleuil

Posted on 29 November 202427 November 2024
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Writing WA, in partnership with the Benedictine Community and Holy Trinity Abbey, is delighted to announce Zoe Deleuil as our 2025 New Norcia Heritage Writer-in-Residence. Hailing from Boorloo/Perth, Zoe Deleuil …

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Stories with Pride Top 8 at Raine Square

Posted on 18 November 2024
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The incredible stories of our Stories with Pride Top 8 are now available in the Raine Square Short Story Dispenser and proudly showcased outside the Writing WA office (inside the …

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The 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award

Posted on 1 November 202424 October 2024 Entries close on 30 November 2024
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The 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award is now open for submissions. The winner of the award receives $10,000, courtesy of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, and a publishing contract with UWA …

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Writing WA Seeking Nominations from Authors for Literary Coasters Project

Posted on 28 October 20241 December 2024
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‘Would you like a sonnet with that?’ Writing WA is bringing a range of selected work by WA poets and authors into a hospitality venue near you. Writing WA is …

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the little journal Romance Edition Submissions Open

Posted on 22 October 20241 December 2024 Entries close on 30 November 2024
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the little journal ROMANCE issue will be published in March 2025 by Writing WA and Night Parrot Press and feature new flash fiction romance by Western Australian writers. The journal will be …

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Writing Residency Opportunity in New Norcia, Western Australia

Posted on 17 October 20241 December 2024 Entries close on 25 November 2024
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Writing WA in partnership with the Benedictine Community and Holy Trinity Abbey are pleased to announce a unique 2025 heritage writing residency placement in New Norcia, Western Australia. The New …

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Top 8: Stories with Pride

Posted on 14 October 20249 October 2024
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We are delighted to announce our Stories with Pride Top 8 selected authors! ‘Sparks’ by Alice Macri ‘A Sisyphean Task’ by Brittany Lee ‘There’s Been Complaints’ by Ellie Cottrell ‘15 …

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Writing WA New Membership: Associate Membership

Posted on 3 October 202422 October 2025
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Writing WA has reached an exciting new milestone! As Writing WA continues to grow and service more of the sector, we’re introducing Associate Memberships to make it easier for more …

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