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AWESOME Armadale Hub

23 September - 24 September ,

The AWESOME Festival is landing at the Kelmscott Hall on 23 & 24 September where you’ll find free shows, workshops, storytimes and lots of fun activities. See a show, get …

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Stories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family and Friends

23 September @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Stories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family & Friends is an experimental creative project conceived as one of the programs for TAB Family’s debut Art & Community Exhibition – …

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Fiction Manuscript Development Group

23 September @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Each month, the session will have a set theme to direct feedback on your work. The convenor will lead discussion on the monthly theme, and/or share hints and tips or an exercise.

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Writing Wild: Poetry workshop with Nandi Chinna

23 September @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm ,

Connecting with nature through mindfulness, deep listening, meditation and poetry. In this poetry workshop, you will engage in deep listening, silent walking, keen observation and sensory encounters with trees, birds, …

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Illustration workshop with Paul Uhlmann (Busselton)

23 September @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Join the Busselton Library for a free storytime session and illustration & art activity, perfect for the school holidays. Paul Uhlmann is a Fremantle based artist who alongside his brother Chris, …

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Flash and Chips with Night Parrot Press

23 September @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Following the success of their August Flash and Chips at the Claisebrook Bar, join Laura Keenan and Linda Martin, co-publishers at Night Parrot Press, for another 90-minute workshop on the …

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Stories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family and Friends

23 September @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Stories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family & Friends is an experimental creative project conceived as one of the programs for TAB Family’s debut Art & Community Exhibition – …

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Book Launch: Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt (Albany)

23 September @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Kinjarling/Albany-born and bred author, Molly Schmidt, is launching her debut novel here at the Kinjarling/Albany Town Hall on Sat 23rd September. ‘Introducing an exciting new voice in Australian fiction: Molly Schmidt, …

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PCAF Stories: the Weird & Gross edition

24 September @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Join PCAF for a FREE, family-friendly live comic books reading! This time we are tackling the Gross and the Weird of kids comics: fish driving tanks, boxing wasps, Einstein lookalike …

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Creation Story with Pip Williams

25 September @ 8:00 am - 8:30 am

The Australian Writers Mentoring Program hosts occasional free online conversations with acclaimed writers, focusing on the problems they encountered writing their first and sophomore books, and how they solved them. …

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Latest Notices

Your Donation to Writing WA Matters

A donation to Writing WA is a gift to our state’s storytellers. It’s the laying down of bricks to build pathways for new and established writers so they can produce …

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Podstreet: The Writing WA Podcast

Introducing Podstreet: The Writing WA Podcast This is our official Writing WA podcast, featuring West Australian authors, poets, essayists, booksellers, publishers & other industry professionals talking about their new books, …

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New CEO for Magabala Books

Magabala Books has announced that following a nation-wide recruitment process, Lilly Brown has been appointed as CEO of Magabala Books. Lilly will commence as CEO in January 2024, with General …

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Submissions Open: Imaginative Recreations Sydney

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Submit startling stories set in Sydney’s past. Maybe you know a story that you’d like to tell OR you’ve always wondered about a person, place or event and would like …

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2024 Stella Prize

The Stella Prize is a major literary award celebrating Australian women’s writing. Nominate books for the 2024 Stella Prize that are published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023. …

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Call-Out: ASA Style File for Illustrators

The ASA Style File is a curated portfolio site for illustrators to showcase their work. Illustrators seeking to be featured on the ASA Style File should apply during the application windows. To …

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Submissions Open: Heroines Anthology (Global Poetry Edition)

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Submit poetry that reimagines women in myth, fairy tale, folklore or legend, or poems that tell women’s lost histories, or untold stories. Submit poems up to 3 pages in a …

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FNAWN Varuna Fellowship

First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) is delighted to announce the inaugural FNAWN Varuna Fellowship Program. The call out is open to FNAWN writers, poets, storytellers who have a manuscript in fiction, …

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2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize

Submit original short fiction up to 3,000 words. Entry fee: $12 for subscribers of Overland and $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: the winning story will receive a $5000 first prize and be …

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2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets

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Submit poems up to 80 lines. Entry fee: $12 for subscribers of Overland and $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: the major prize is $6000, with a second prize of $2000 and a …

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Submissions Open: Creature Sci-fi and Fantasy Magazine

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The magazine Creature, is in association with the University of Western Sydney and focuses on providing exposure for new writers from different Universities across Australia. Creature was envisioned as a …

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LitFestBergen Writing Competition: Dis/solution

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Write your story about the climate crisis in a poem or a personal essay. Open to writers aged 18 to 25 years. Word limits: Essay: maximum 1700 words in English. …

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