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AWESOME Armadale Hub
23 September - 24 September Events, WorkshopsThe 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 …
View eventStories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family and Friends
23 September @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EventsStories 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 – …
View eventFiction Manuscript Development Group
23 September @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm WorkshopsEach 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.
View eventWriting Wild: Poetry workshop with Nandi Chinna
23 September @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Poets' Hub, WorkshopsConnecting 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, …
View eventIllustration workshop with Paul Uhlmann (Busselton)
23 September @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Young WritersJoin 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, …
View eventFlash and Chips with Night Parrot Press
23 September @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm WorkshopsFollowing 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 …
View eventStories We Share: An Evening with TAB Family and Friends
23 September @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm EventsStories 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 – …
View eventBook Launch: Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt (Albany)
23 September @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm EventsKinjarling/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, …
View eventPCAF Stories: the Weird & Gross edition
24 September @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pmJoin 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 …
View eventCreation Story with Pip Williams
25 September @ 8:00 am - 8:30 amThe 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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Submissions Open: Imaginative Recreations Sydney
Competitions, OpportunitiesSubmit 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 …
Read more2024 Stella Prize
CompetitionsThe 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. …
Read moreCall-Out: ASA Style File for Illustrators
OpportunitiesThe 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 …
Read moreSubmissions Open: Heroines Anthology (Global Poetry Edition)
Competitions, Poets' HubSubmit 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 …
Read moreFNAWN Varuna Fellowship
OpportunitiesFirst 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, …
Read more2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
CompetitionsSubmit 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 …
Read more2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets
Competitions, Poets' HubSubmit 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 …
Read moreSubmissions Open: Creature Sci-fi and Fantasy Magazine
Opportunities, Young WritersThe 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 …
Read moreLitFestBergen Writing Competition: Dis/solution
Competitions, Young WritersWrite 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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