Competitions, News, Opportunities, Young Writers
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As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, Writing WA is thrilled to launch the BookTok Competition — a fun and creative way to engage with Western Australian books …
Call for submissions: 2025 Fogarty Literary Award
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On your marks, get set, submit! Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited to submit their unpublished work of fiction, narrative non-fiction, young adult fiction or a verse novel to …
The Walls Have Stories: Short Works for Performance
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Writing WA is proud to announce its involvement with the 2025 Australian Heritage Festival! Join us on Sunday 4 May 2025 for ‘The Walls Have Stories’, a free heritage trail …
Children’s Writer-in-Residence Placement
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As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, we’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new Children’s Writer-in-Residence placement in partnership with the KSP Writers’ Centre, thanks to support from the Copyright …
Love to Read Local Month 2025
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Writing WA is beyond thrilled to announce that in 2025, based on popular demand and thanks to generous ongoing support from Raine Square, Love to Read Local Week is expanding into Love …
Stories from the Spectrum
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Writing WA is proud to announce the next public all-out for our Short Story Showcase! The Showcase features the work of West Australian authors speaking to different themes, as part …
Submissions Open for Children’s Poetry Anthology
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Fremantle Press and Alphabet Soup Books are excited to announce that submissions are open for a poetry anthology for children, the companion to Right Way Down and Other Poems. The anthology …
Writing WA’s 2025 Semester 1 Program
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Writing WA is thrilled to unveil our 2025 Semester 1 Program, a carefully curated line-up designed to empower, inspire, and connect writers. From January to June, we’re offering 15 incredible …
2025 Premier’s Book Awards open for entries
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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 …
The 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award
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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 …