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Community Lab: Novelists
2 October @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Events, WorkshopsA supportive community of writers can help you get that novel out of your mind and onto the page. These sessions are an unstructured, group directed opportunity to meet motivated authors working on making their novels a reality.
View eventMental Health for Young Adults @ SJ Library, Byford
4 October @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EventsThis October, for Mental Health Month, Rebecca is volunteering her time to deliver over a dozen talks on Mental Health for Young Adults in libraries in Western Australia.
View eventIndian Ocean Write Night
4 October @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm WorkshopsJoin the Indian Ocean Writers group for a writing and workshopping session.
View eventMeet the Author – Joanna Morrison
4 October @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EventsNew local author Joanna Morrison will launch her first novel, The Ghost of Gracie Flynn, about three university friends divided by a tragic death and the memories that still haunt them eighteen years later.
View eventWednesday Writing Classes in the City – Flash Fiction/Micro Fiction
5 October @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm WorkshopsJoin Asha Rajan to explore what makes tiny stories successful.
View eventTeachers’ Workshop with Josephine Taylor
5 October @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm WorkshopsCentre for Stories is pleased to present its popular Teachers’ Workshops. This session is facilitated by Josephine Taylor.
View eventSchool Holiday Haiku Poetry Writing Workshop
5 October @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Poets' Hub, Workshops, Young WritersRun by a published poet, Michael Buckingham Gray, participants of this workshop will learn how to think creatively about their surroundings and how best to present words on a page for effect.
View eventBook launch: Acanthus by Claire Potter
5 October @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Events, Poets' HubJoin WA poet Claire Potter in conversation with Professor Daniel Brown on her new collection, Acanthus.
View eventPOP-UP Storybook STEM workshop at My Little Bookshop
6 October @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am Events, Young WritersTake part in a POP-UP Storybook STEM workshop at My Little Bookshop, where students will be read a Pig the Rebel by Aaron Blabey from the fantastic Pig the Pug series and then complete a technology challenge based on the story.
View eventPOP-UP Storybook STEM workshop at My Little Bookshop
6 October @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Events, Young WritersTake part in a POP-UP Storybook STEM workshop at My Little Bookshop, where students will be read a Pig the Rebel by Aaron Blabey from the fantastic Pig the Pug series and then complete a technology challenge based on the story.
View eventLatest Notices
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023
CompetitionsSubmit unpublished short fiction that is between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country who is aged 18 and over. Free to enter. Prizes: Regional …
Read moreNSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2023
CompetitionsEntries are now open for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, which are held annually. Entries are sought for the following awards: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction Douglas Stewart Prize for …
Read more2022 Judith Wright Poetry Prize
Competitions, Poets' HubSubmit poems up to 80 lines. The award is open to Australian and New Zealand poets who have had no more than one solo collection of their work commercially published: …
Read more2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
CompetitionsSubmit a short story up to 3000 words in length. Entry fee: $12 for subscribers of Overland and $20 for non-subscribers. Prizes: the winning story will receive a $5000 first prize …
Read more2023 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
OpportunitiesThe Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship awards one writer up to $20,00 for travel and research to further a writing proposal or work in progress. The focus is on biography, but …
Read moreThe Letter Review Prize for Poetry
Competitions, Poets' HubSubmit poems of not more than 70 lines. No subject or style restrictions. Open to writers from anywhere in the world who are over 14. Entry fees: To enter costs …
Read moreThe Letter Review Prize for Short Stories
CompetitionsSubmit tales between 400 and 3,000 words. There are no theme or genre restrictions: all stories welcome. Entry fees: $20 USD to enter one story, $35 USD to enter two, …
Read moreThe Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie)
CompetitionsThe Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie) recognises excellence in editing, as demonstrated in one published work, with testimony from the work’s author, publisher and editor. Nominations for the award …
Read moreDigital Fellowship Program
OpportunitiesThis fellowship program brings practitioners based in Australia and New Zealand together to co-develop their digital practice and set directions for the future of the arts in our region. The …
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