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Looking for a Professional Development Opportunity? This could be the one for you. The Australian Society of Authors is awarding 13 mentorships to assist Australian writers and illustrators to develop …
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Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction
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It’s a write-off! 500 words 60 hours 2 teams 1 winner Choose a team and write a 500-word story based on your team’s prompts to compete for thousands of dollars …
Writing retreat in Bali 2026
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Perth author and writing mentor Carrie Cox will co-host a writing retreat in beautiful East Bali in June 2026. Dedicate a week entirely to yourself and to your story in …
The [Screen] Writers Room Masterclass
Masterclass, Opportunities, Screenwriting
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The [Screen] Writers Room, a six-week online masterclass that places participants inside a simulated TV writers’ room. Across the course, we explore story structure, pitching, concept development and the collaborative …
Peppermint Grove Retreat
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The Peppermint Grove Retreat offers WA emerging and established authors and illustrators of Children’s and Young Adult books an opportunity to escape their daily lives to focus on creating for …
THE DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD
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The Dorothy Hewett Award is a national award for unpublished manuscripts and is run annually in the month of November. The award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript …