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APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2026 Creative Time Residential Fellowships ARE NOW OPEN Published authors or illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for …
BookTok Competition
Competitions, News, Opportunities, Young Writers
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As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, Writing WA is thrilled to launch the BookTok Competition — a fun and creative way to engage with Western Australian books …
Call for submissions: 2025 Fogarty Literary Award
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On your marks, get set, submit! Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited to submit their unpublished work of fiction, narrative non-fiction, young adult fiction or a verse novel to …
The Walls Have Stories: Short Works for Performance
News, Opportunities, Performance Writers
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Writing WA is proud to announce its involvement with the 2025 Australian Heritage Festival! Join us on Sunday 4 May 2025 for ‘The Walls Have Stories’, a free heritage trail …
Children’s Writer-in-Residence Placement
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As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, we’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new Children’s Writer-in-Residence placement in partnership with the KSP Writers’ Centre, thanks to support from the Copyright …
Literary Coasters Initiative – Living Authors Selection
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We’re thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Literary Coasters Initiative! A total of 698 votes were cast during the public voting process, showcasing an incredible level of community …
Love to Read Local Month 2025
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Writing WA is beyond thrilled to announce that in 2025, based on popular demand and thanks to generous ongoing support from Raine Square, Love to Read Local Week is expanding into Love …