About Two Spoon Press Disabled writers deserve quality publishing. We publish writing that foregrounds disability experiences in all their complexity. We want to challenge assumptions and expand literary conversations, transforming …
New Erotic Fiction Competition!
The Not Quite Write Prize for FLESH Fiction has burst onto the scene, offering an exciting opportunity for new and seasoned writers of erotic fiction to be rewarded for their …
May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust – Call for applications – 2026 Creative Time Residential Fellowships
APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2026 Creative Time Residential Fellowships ARE NOW OPEN Published authors or illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for …
BookTok Competition
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
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 Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited to submit their unpublished work of fiction, narrative non-fiction, young adult fiction or a verse novel to …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
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
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
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
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
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 …