As a recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts’s latest grants and fellowships round, Writers SA will deliver a 15-month program of literary projects to diversify the national literary landscape and support marginalised and underrepresented writers, including Deaf writers, First Nations writers, LGBTQIA+ writers, geographically isolated writers, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse writers. Injecting […]

We are thrilled to announce that Melaleuca by Angie Martin has won the inaugural Commercial Fiction Fellowship for First Nation Writers. Angie Martin of the Kooma nation also has Kamilaroi, Welsh, German and English ancestry. She was thrilled to receive the fellowship. ‘I am very happy to be supported in pursuing my three great passions in […]

*Please note this competition is now closed* A rare opportunity to connect with the living tradition of women’s songlines, as recounted by Yolngu women from far north Australia. Gay’wu Group of Women is the ‘dilly bag women’s group’, a deep collaboration between five Yolngu women and three non-Aboriginal women over a decade. They are all co-authors […]

As a writer, spreadsheets are your friend. No really. They’re the perfect way keep track of your writing, whether it’s a catalogue of your pitches to literary journals or publications, queries to agents and publishers, or competition submissions. If you’d rather spend your time writing than in Excel, we’re here for you. We’ve designed the […]

*Please note: this competition is now closed* The charms of the movies are heightened during winter: all that hot buttered popcorn and the warmth of a rainy afternoon spent in a gold-lit theatre. Only thing that could make it even better? Going for free. Thanks to our friends at Palace Films, we have five in-season double […]

*Please note: this competition is now closed* When the song is over, what remains? Impossible Music is a novel about rediscovering yourself when everything you once took for granted is gone. Music is Simon’s life – which is why he is devastated when a ministroke obliterates his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust […]

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the Writers SA Varuna Fellowship for Young Writers – Poppy Nwosu! We partnered with Varuna the National Writers’ House to give one young South Australian writer a new residency and development fellowship. Poppy will be spending a week in the Blue Mountains, working and developing her craft, as […]

*Please note this competition is now closed* Where do you start if you want to reduce the plastic in your life? Especially when most of us are wearing it, eating and drinking from it, sitting on it, walking on it, and maybe even ingesting it. Enter to win a copy of Quitting Plastic by Clara Williams Roldan […]

We all know about judging books by their covers – but taking pleasure in quirky, innovative, and just plain beautiful book covers? Absolutely okay with that. A great book cover can intrigue, entice, and add another dimension to the reading experience. When it comes to cover design, fantasy books are in a class of their own. […]

*Please note: this competition is now closed. Phil Cummings is the author of over sixty books for children, in a career that has spanned thirty years. His work has been published around the world and has received multiple awards, and his latest book, Touch the Moon, is a lyrical story about the moon landing from a uniquely […]

Author Jennifer Mills has hit the road and is touring the Eyre Peninsula as part of our Writers and Readers in Residence Project, which sees South Australian writers undertake an artistic residency in regional communities to meet locals and activate reading and writing in the area. So far, Jennifer has travelled to Whyalla where she has […]

South Australian author Jennifer Mills will spend May in the Eyre Peninsula where she will work with the Whyalla Public Library, Port Lincoln Library, and community groups, to write and connect with local writers and readers. Mills’ residency is part of Writers SA’s Writers and Readers in Residence Project, which sees South Australian writers undertake […]

By Bronwyn Tilley (w/a Bronwyn Stuart) I wanted to start this blog by pointing out the differences between writers who isolate themselves and writers who are isolated by geographic distance. Perhaps you love the solitary silence and find you do your best work that way but, by design, humans are social creatures and total isolation […]

We’re pretty excited to team up with author and food and wine journalist Katie Spain to serve up a masterclass in food writing this June. Ahead of her workshop, we asked Katie a few questions about her book on the Adelaide Central Market, her life as a writer, and …cows.   Writers SA: when did you […]

Autumn has its advantages, including the fact that it is prime movie-going weather. There’s no better time to load up on popcorn, get cosy, and watch an epic story unfold on the big screen (even better if that epic story is based on an equally epic book). With that in mind, we have five double […]