Back by popular demand, our scintillating series of Writers Studio events in association with Adelaide Writers’ Week returns! These special masterclasses provide rare insight and practical writing guidance with unparalleled Australian authors. Join Paddy Manning (NSW) for a deep dive into biography and non-fiction, Ellen van Neerven (QLD) will explore Desire In Poetry, and Charlie Archbold (SA) will […]

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on another big and inspiring year at Writers SA in pictures. From our writing events all over the state as part of No Limits, to the Deaf writers group performance event See Me Through My Hands, to Context Writers Festival in Adelaide, we […]

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the Writers SA and Feast Festival Short Story Competition for 2022! The competition entries spanned a range of subjects and genres including sci-fi, contemporary romance, drama, ghost stories and stream-of-consciousness, all with an open theme. As always, it was a challenge to select the winning entries from a […]

Back by popular demand, our scintillating series of Writers Studio events in association with Adelaide Writers’ Week returns! Hosted by revered guest authors, this is your chance to learn from some of the finest visiting authors and poets, right here in Adelaide. Join Emily Bitto for a deep dive into theme, symbolism and imagery; UK […]

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the Writers SA Feast Short Story Competition for 2021! The competition entries spanned a range of subjects and genres from dystopian sci-fi to stream-of-consciousness, with an open theme. All finalists were wonderfully written – congratulations to the winners and the highly commended entries! The winning stories were distinguished […]

Back by popular demand, our scintillating series of Writers Studio events in association with Adelaide Writers’ Week returns! Hosted by revered guest authors, this is your chance to learn from the nation’s finest writers, right here in Adelaide. Join Will Kostakis for an exclusive workshop about writing YA; bestselling author Pip Williams of The Dictionary […]

Festival time is upon us! With Adelaide Fringe Festival opening this week, the city is brimming with the excitement of possibility. New ideas and collaborations are being sparked as artists from across the country and world head to Adelaide. It can be overwhelming when you want to see and do everything – with that in […]

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the Writers SA Feast Short Story Competition for 2019! The competition attracted a strong field of entries, covering a range of subjects and genres from YA to historical romance, inspired by the broad theme of ‘queer lives’.  All finalists were wonderfully written – congratulations to the winners and the […]

The Feast short story completion attracted a strong field and we were delighted with the numbers. The stories covered a range of subjects: falling in love, rites of passage, casual sex vs. friendship, living with HIV, being trans in a country town; and included every genre from realism to futuristic fantasy and whimsy.   The winning stories were […]

This week we welcome Bernice Chauly to Adelaide as part of our partnership with George Town Literary Festival, Penang – our Malaysian sister city. Bernice is a writer, filmmaker, actor and festival director. She will be in residence until mid-March and will appear at Adelaide Writers’ Week. Before she jets home, she’ll host a session […]

We’re delighted to announce Jelena Dinic as this year’s recipient of the George Town Literary Exchange. Jelena will feature in the 2017 George Town Literary Festival program before spending time at Rimbun Dahan, a private arts residency space in Malaysia. Jelena migrated to Australia from Serbia in her teens and writes in both Serbian and […]

Congratulations to all the winners of the Salisbury Writers Festival competitions! If you didn’t get along to the awards night, here they are:   Junior Poetry: Second Place: Outside the Window Jessica Rokkas First Place: Lions in the Sky Jessica Rokkas Short Fiction: Highly Commended: The Unhelpful Animal Government Thomas Glen Second Place: Ordinary Nothingness […]

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – GEORGE TOWN LITERARY FESTIVAL SA Writers Centre is partnering with the George Town Literary Festival, in Penang, Malaysia, to include an established South Australian writer on the 2016 GLTF festival program. This opportunity is open to all current SA Writers Centre members (as at 30 March 2016) who are residents in […]

Adelaide Writers’ Week may be over but you can still relive the literary glory thanks to ABC 891 Adelaide. At the 2016 Adelaide Writers’ Week, Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff captured the insightful and inspiring stories of 16 national and international authors. Monday February 29 Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies Simon Winchester, Pacific Stephen Daisley, Coming […]

Adelaide Writers’ Week 2015 has been announced as the national winner of the Coates Hire Best Community Event at the Australian Event Awards, which also recognised WOMADelaide as EVENTelec Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event! This is a prestigious industry award that considers how well an event engages with and builds a community. “We are […]