The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the 2015 Stella Prize longlist. (more…)

By Max Anderson I got paid $1200 and $500. There. I told you. Who paid it? Not telling. But I will say the $1200 payment was for a story published in a highly regarded overseas magazine. And that sounds a lot, right? Well yes and no. For one thing the payment was for 2400 words, […]

By Louise Pascale Sounds narcissistic doesn’t it? But in actual fact Googling yourself is something you should do quite often, especially when you are approaching agents, publishers or trying to raise your online profile. If you don’t Google yourself, they certainly will. It is the quickest way for people to find out about you without […]

By Carla Caruso In real life we all want a smooth ride in our relationships: endless sunshine and rainbows from the day your gazes first lock and he/she asks what your poison is. Drama is best kept for that thing you watch when you’ve had a hard day at the office and just want to […]

By Elizabeth Hutchins I’ve just made apricot jam, stirring memories with my worn wooden spoon as it drags through the tacky meld of glorious fruit and an obscene heap of sugar. The aluminium pan of cauldron dimensions that was my grandmother’s and then my mother’s could tell a tale or two. Yet this week, after […]

Eight Australian writers have been shortlisted for the 2015 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship $10,000 award, including South Australian author and SA Writers Centre Board member, Patrick Allington. (more…)

Crowdfunding your book isn’t rocket science, however, it requires a real commitment in time and effort. Crowdfunding is an amazing tool for authors to professionally publish their work, and it’s a great way to build publicity leading up to your book launch, however, the most successful authors don’t expect crowd-funding to magically happen for their […]

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our Admin Assistant, Sarah Gates, who received the Colin Thiele Writing Scholarship from Carclew recently, of $12,500. We’re very proud of her and her writing achievements and we’re excited for this wonderful step in her career. (more…)

Program of Writing Workshops and Events We’re very excited to present our first quarter writing program and want to encourage you to take advantage of the wonderful writing workshops and events we have on offer. You’ll be able to choose from a range of wonderful learning and development experiences including Become a Paid Travel Writer […]

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words, while others consider stories as long as a thousand words to be flash fiction. So states […]

Lit Bulb Festival … flash fiction at its flashiest Announcing the Lit Bulb Festival. The inaugural Lit Bulb Festival is supported by the SA Writers Centre and Pure Slush and it’s a celebration of flash fiction in its many forms. Most importantly, Lit Bulb will be a celebration of writing. You can find the Lit […]

In the middle of this year SA Writers Centre launched their Artists in Schools project with Adelaide High School [AHS]. An anthology called #Radelaide: Stories from Adelaide High – and the fruition of this project – is being launched on Friday 28 November at the SA Writers Centre. (more…)

By Raelke Grimmer Twitter is great, but let’s be honest, it can also be a jealousy-making machine. Especially when it feels like everyone on your Twitter feed is live-tweeting from the most incredible Writers’ Festivals around Australia, and you’re missing out because you’re not there. This is, partly, the person’s own fault. If you really […]

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Sarah Gates recently interviewed our current writer in residence, Raelke Grimmer. You speak quite a few different languages. How do you find creative writing in languages other than your first? Does it give you a greater understanding or appreciation for language? I really love trying to write creatively in other languages. There is a greater […]