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 […]

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 […]

Want to spoil your loved one this Christmas? Want to buy them something a little different that shows you believe in their talent? Why not purchase a gift voucher? By purchasing a gift voucher you agree to the terms and conditions. Gift vouchers will be emailed to the purchaser. No gift vouchers will be mailed. […]

By Georgina Chadderton Come to Georgina’s workshop here (kids only!)   I’ve been writing and drawing comics for almost as long as I can remember and have found comics the perfect medium to help me share the stories I have to tell. ‘Why comics?’ I hear you ask—well, let me explain! I love reading, writing […]

ABC Local Stories website, featuring our project with The Big Issue. 23 June 2014 ABC LOCAL STORIES   (more…)

FOOD BLOGGING AWARDS COMPETITION RULES 1. The competition is open to all Australian food bloggers. 2. There will be 4 categories – food or food/travel narrative, restaurant review, Best New Blog under 12 months old and best recipe post. The narrative & review section will be decided by judges Barbara Santich and Annabelle Baker. The […]

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Bourne: A Magazine for Literature of Ideas is seeking manuscripts for its inaugural issue. They publish fiction, poetry, drama, scholarly non-fiction, book reviews and interviews. They seek literary works that explore philosophical, psychological, sociological and scientific themes and ideas. Modest honoraria are paid for accepted pieces. Please visit here for information and submission guidelines. (more…)

Ongoing Pure Slush is looking for travel stories: fiction or non-fiction, your story should include travel in some way – on the bus somewhere, local or international, in your mind, your own experience or someone else’s – and be no longer than 1000 words. Details here.   (more…)

Ongoing Tongues is an online, multilingual magazine launching in April. Supported by the 2013 Express Media Young Writers Innovation Prize, we aim to publish content in as many different languages as possible, on topics including travel, arts reviews, language learning, culture, memoir and linguistics. We’re looking for contributors for the online magazine, submissions of short […]

Ongoing The Australian Journal of Crime Fiction is a new quarterly online journal calling for scholarly and critical studies of works that fall within, or challenge the conventions of, the crime fiction genre. Works examined do not have to be Australian. Appropriate submissions include articles up to 5000 words, reviews up to 1000 words, and […]

30 June From 1–30 June, 2014, Jonathan Cape will be open for fiction submissions from new writers of high calibre and imagination. Submissions should be an initial 50 pages of prose fiction. These can be part of a novel or novella, or short stories. The pages can be finished work or a work in progress. […]

Melbourne Books AWAW (Award Winning Australian Writing) Anthology Mid May Next up on Melbourne Books’s literary agenda is the main AWAW anthology, which they won’t revisit officially until August. However, as always, they’ll gladly receive pieces sent in for consideration at any time. Submission guidelines can be found on the website. (more…)

Editing Boot Camp Friday 16th – Sunday 18th May 2014 Finished your manuscript? Thinking about submitting it/finding an editor/getting an assessment? Before you do, why not bring it along to our 3-day intensive Editing Boot Camp. You’ll learn what editing is, who does it, how to learn the craft, advanced grammar and writing rules, then […]