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The Secrets of Storytelling
2 April @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm WorkshopsUncover the techniques best-selling authors use to write acclaimed stories in this lauded writing course with award-winning author A. R. Levett.
View eventBook Launch: When I’m Big by Karen Blair
2 April @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Events, Young WritersJoin Karen Blair to celebrate her new book “When I’m Big”.
View eventYA Book Club April 2023
4 April @ 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm Events, Young WritersJoin Dymocks Joondalup for giveaways and chats about books. Open to book lovers of all ages who enjoy young adult and fantasy!
View eventWednesday Writing Classes in the City: Grief Writing
5 April @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm WorkshopsAsha Rajan will facilitate a series of workshops on writing about grief, with the aim of working towards a submission to the Grieve Writing Competition 2023.
View eventBook Launch: No Longer a Wandering Spirit by Dr Sharon Huebner & Ezzard Flowers
5 April @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EventsCome along to the official launch of No Longer a Wandering Spirit – Family and kin reclaiming the memory of Minang woman Bessy Flowers by Dr Sharon Huebner & Ezzard Flowers on Wednesday 5 April.
View eventVictoria Park Songwriting Series with Australian Songwriting Retreats
5 April @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Performance Writers, WorkshopsJoin Rose Parker and Delilah Rose from Australian Songwriting Retreats on this four-week songwriting course designed to take you from your bedroom to the stage. Together we will hone your …
View event2023 OOTA Creative Writing (Prose) Classes
6 April @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm WorkshopsBruce Russell will again present a series of classes for the Out of the Asylum (OOTA) Writers’ Group. The classes are for people who want to develop their writing skills, whether it be as fiction writers or creative non-fiction writers.
View eventBook Launch: A Lady’s Pen by Bernice Barry
6 April @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EventsJoin author Bernice Barry for this fascinating journey through the remarkable and enduring work of WA’s first internationally successful female botanist, Georgiana Molloy.
View eventWriting and Publishing Your Book with Dr Robert Wood
7 April @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm WorkshopsThis workshop series looks at writing from the start of the creative journey until after the release of your book. It is intended to encourage and empower you with knowledge …
View eventPCWC Monthly Write-in Group
8 April @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Events, WorkshopsDo you struggle to find time to write in your busy schedule? The Peter Cowan Writers Centre Monthly Write-in Group may be the answer. The aim of this group is to capture words on the page, or your laptop screen, using the Pomodoro technique.
View eventLatest Notices
Varuna Ann Moyal Non-Fiction Fellowship
OpportunitiesThe Ann Moyal Non-fiction Fellowship encourages excellence in non-fiction writing. The Fellowship aims to support writers with an Australian focus who are developing an original work drawn from the broad …
Read moreSubmissions Open: Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 10 2023
Opportunities, Poets' HubSubmit up to three poems for Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 10. Please note that submissions are open to Australian Poetry subscribers only. Although there will be a focus on Queensland …
Read moreAnthology Flash Fiction Competition
CompetitionsSubmit flash fiction up to 250 words that is clever and unique, inspires us, and crafts a compelling story. Entry fee Early Bird: €8 per entry (until 31 May 2023) Standard …
Read moreAnthology Travel Writing Competition
CompetitionsSubmit travel articles up to 1,000 words that capture the reader’s attention, and convey a strong sense of the destination and the local culture. Entry fee Early Bird: €10 per article …
Read moreChildren’s Peace Literature Award 2023
CompetitionsThe Children’s Peace Literature Award is a biennial award to Australian authors of books for children that encourage the peaceful resolution of conflict or promote peace at the global, local …
Read moreSubmissions Open: Portside Review
Opportunities, Poets' HubPortside Review is published four times per year with issues appearing in March, June, September, and December. Submit poetry up to six pages and prose (essay, review, interview, short story) up …
Read more2023 Ros Spencer Poetry Contest
Competitions, Poets' HubSubmit original and unpublished poems of up to 60 lines, of any theme, for an opportunity to be published in the anthology Brushstrokes 2023. Entry fee: $10 for one entry, …
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