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The second season at Marloo Theatre in Greenmount for 2025 will be the searing drama ‘Shrine’. Written by renowned WA author and playwright Tim Winton, this hard hitting play explores …
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New Erotic Fiction Competition!
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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
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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
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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 Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited to submit their unpublished work of fiction, narrative non-fiction, young adult fiction or a verse novel to …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 …
