Introducing the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships program to support emerging, established, and First Nations writers.

Port Pirie Regional Library Writers SA are coming to Port Pirie and we’d love to connect with as many writers as we can while we’re there! Our team will be at the Port Pirie Library Friday August 4 in the morning from 10am to 11am for an informal meet and greet. You can ask us […]

Whether you’re looking for a home for a finished piece, or the motivation or prompt to write something new, we’ve rounded up some upcoming opportunities for July, August and September 2023.

Congratulations to the successful authors for this year’s Winter Networking and Speed Book Launch event.

Ahead of her upcoming online workshop, Small But Mighty: Writing Powerful Flash Fiction and Short Stories, we chatted with Laura about short fiction, her writing journey and process, what you can expect from her workshop, and more.

The 2023 National NAIDOC Week Poster, ‘For Our Elders’, designed by Ngarluma, Kariyarra, Nyulnyul and Yawuru artist Bobbi Lockyer. National NAIDOC Week runs 2 July – 9 July 2023, with events across Australia to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Support and get to know your […]

We are so excited to announce ALISON K RICHARDS as the winning recipient of the 2023 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship. The judges said “We were thrilled by the breadth of form and subject matter that this shortlist represented, including visceral poetry, literary non-fiction, and an elegant novella. It was a pleasure to read stories embedded […]

The annual Campbelltown Writer’s Competition is on again for 2023!

We are excited to announce that the 2023 member drive is now underway. Members are at the heart of all we do—as a member, you’ll not only unlock a host of benefits and show your support for SA literary life, anyone who joins or renews (or refers a friend to do so) during the drive […]

We get a lot of copyright questions in our inbox and I thought I’d address a few here so we can try to foster a better understanding of how copyright and intellectual property laws work, and how you can better protect yourself from being sued. Writers SA are not the foremost authority on copyright in […]

We have three copies of When One of Us Hurts by Monica Vuu to giveaway thanks to Pan Macmillan!

Writers SA offers a range of writing workshops and literary events this winter

In honour of our hardworking members who didn’t (or don’t) get to have a book launch, we’re coming to the party with a party! Join us at the State Library’s Institute Building for a series of speed launches as part of our winter networking event. If you’d like to be a launching author, you can […]

Every month we take a moment to congratulate Writers SA members on their writing successes, from new book releases, to prizes, fellowships, awards, publication credits and more. If you’re a Writers SA member who has celebrated a writing achievement recently, fill out this form to be included in our next feature. May 2023 Verity Laughton […]

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