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Love to Read Local Week: Applications Open
Applications to host an event for Love to Read Local Week 2023 are now open! Writing WA, with the support of the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, is giving book clubs …
2023 Monte Miller Awards
The Monte Miller Awards are open to screen and stage writers with an un-produced script of any genre across film, television, theatre, audio and interactive media. Entries may be a …
2024 NWF/joanne burns Microlit Award
Submit microfiction or prose poems up to 200 words on the theme of “remnant”. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $300 for both National and Hunter winners, plus publication of all finalists. …
Writing Change, Writing Inclusion Mentor Trainee Program
The Centre for Stories mentor trainee program is designed for people who are early in their writing career and are ready to take the next steps to becoming mentors themselves. …
Submissions Open: Griffith Review 82 Animal Magic
Submit non-fiction up to 4,000 words that responds to the theme of “Animal Magic”. This edition of Griffith Review visits habitats near and far, wild and domestic – the backyard …
PICA x Memo Writing Mentorship
PICA in collaboration with Memo Review invites expressions of interest from early-career arts writers based in Western Australia for a writing mentorship from June to November 2023. The selected writer …
The Next Chapter @ The Wheeler Centre
The Next Chapter offers a selected writers a stipend of $15,000 and a mentor to work with them on bringing their writing to life, connecting them with peers, publishers and …
Job Opportunity: Storyteller @ The National Trust WA
The National Trust WA are looking for a storyteller for a full-time twelve-month position. The Storyteller will be responsible for interrogating existing information sources, developing storylines, and writing narratives to …