We’re giving away two advance copies of The Secret Garden Club.

We are thrilled to once again team up with Varuna, the National Writers’ House, to offer a residency and development fellowship for a South Australian writer in 2025 working in any genre or form.

Congratulating Writers SA members on their writing successes, from new book releases, to prizes, fellowships, awards, publication credits and more.

20 January 2026 Statement from Writers SA In response to City of Adelaide Council special meeting on 19 January 2026 Writers SA is working with a larger group of people from across the writing and reading community who are initiating events under the banner of Not Writers’ Week – Constellations. We are grateful for the […]

After the release of its third issue last month, Splinter literary journal is opening submissions to writers from across Australia and the world. The literary journal – which is published out of Tarntanya (Adelaide) by Writers SA with support from Adelaide University, Flinders University, CreateSA, and the Don Dunstan Foundation – is seeking submissions across a wide […]

Splinter journal’s new First Nations issue invites readers to reflect on Indigenous experiences and resilient cultures through powerful voices and thoughtful storytelling. With a spirit of truth and creativity, the issue amplifies Indigenous perspectives and challenges audiences to see history and the present in new ways.  Launching November 20, 2025, the First Nations issue brings […]

Are we each other?When I was a child, I would look at the people around me and wonder — are you me? Are you me with grey hair? Are you me ten years from now? Are you me if I lived in Kerala? Are we each other? Am I you? It’s a question that I’ve […]

The Role Our current Chair will stand down at the end of 2025 after more than two years in the role to make space to complete her PhD. As Chair of Writers SA your duties would include:  In charities with a CEO and employees it is very easy for the board to get drawn into […]

Entries are open for residents of South Australia to enter a new short story and poetry competition!

We’re giving away double passes to three films showing as part of the 2025 Adelaide Film Festival.

Writers SA is pleased to announce our publishing and pitch events for 2025! Elevate Your Writing Career with Writers SA Events! Whether you’re taking your first steps into the literary world or are a seasoned author looking to refine your craft, Writers SA offers an invaluable array of events designed to empower your journey. Saturday […]

Australia’s beloved short story festival is coming back to Adelaide this November! The festival will be held at the Fullarton Park Community Centre from Friday the 21st of November – Sunday the 23rd of November. Save the date in your calendars and join us for a weekend of workshops, panel discussions, literary debates and creative […]

Writers SA’s literary journal – Splinter – is inviting First Nations writers from around Australia and the world to submit to its third issue. Splinter is seeking fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and experimental work from emerging and established writers for the issue, which will be published in November 2025. The issue – the journal’s third – will be an all-First Nations publication […]

We are thrilled to announce THOMAS GURN as the winning recipient of the 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship.  Tom will be the fourth South Australian writer to be supported with time, space & mentoring via this Fellowship. Tom will be mentored by the wise and wildly talented, Favel Parrett, and will work on his project in […]

Bats are falling from the sky. There’s an inexplicable knocking on the front door at 2am. The Australian election took place in a parallel universe where climate change doesn’t seem to exist. A man you’ve never met before says he sees you in his dreams. If the apocalypse isn’t here yet (debatable), the writing in […]