A great opportunity is available with our friends @marionwriters - see👇

Head along to hear author and Writers Victoria Patron Christos Tsiolkas discuss his new novel, The In-Between, with Dr Catherine Padmore - details below 👇✍️🧡

Join author André Dao and explore how autofiction makes productive use of the ambiguity found in all writing about the self. Learn how the techniques of autofiction might be applied to writing about race, ethnicity and identity in contemporary Australia buff.ly/3xpvQ2E

Calling all #poets . Our annual Local Word Poetry Prize is officially open! Whether you're an emerging or established writer, send us up 75 lines of #poetry to take part. Win $2K and more.

Read all of the details on our website:
ow.ly/ekR850R2UXR Writers Victoria

Selling fast! Learn how to craft characters and dialogue to make your short stories sing with acclaimed short story writer Laura Jean McKay #CEASEFIRE. Book via the link👇 Melbourne Writers Festival

Check out our just-launched program of workshops with @‌melbwritersfest! Choose from six workshops by award-winning writers Charlotte Wood, Lamisse, Mark Dapin, Laura Jean McKay #CEASEFIRE, Bruce Pascoe and Leslie Jamison. Book via mwf.com.au

Only ONE WEEK LEFT to apply!!!

Keen to learn more about writing fiction or dive into writing nonfic??? Get involved in these awesome programs!!

Time’s running out! 👏👏👏

Love is in the air at Writers Victoria this weekend 🧡🧡🧡 Book via the link👇 to learn how to write romance with author and journalist Saman Shad

📣 LAST CALL | Applications close for Round 11 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund at 11:59PM AEDT tonight. You’ve got to be in it to win it, so submit your application now because we want to read it! writersvictoria.org.au/the-neilma-sid…

Join @eugenbacon for an evening seminar that hovers between craft talk, reading group and workshop. In this session, Eugen shares lessons learned from the work of crime fiction writer and author of the iconic Jack Irish series, Peter Temple. buff.ly/48IOWgW

what if u submitted ur writing to puzzle. what if u got selected and we paid u and printed ur work. what if u didn't get selected but still got feedback from us and felt proud about having made something. what if u did this by Sunday at 11:59pm. what then voiceworksmag.com.au/all/2024/1/29/…

We're thrilled to announce Kate Fullagar has won the 2024 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography about a mysterious 18th-century Dutch spy mistress, Marguerite Wolters, who influenced British political history. Read more here: buff.ly/4a2KuL9

📆 Mark your calendars! The #2024stellaprize shortlist will be announced on Thursday 4 April. Which books do you think will be on the list?

Apply for Express Media’s annual Toolkits for young fiction writers and be guided by our wonderful anna kate blair! Find out more and apply via the link 👇

Stella is on the lookout for a new Chair of the Board. EOI close this Friday 15 March. stella.org.au/2024-02-stella…

🧩 DEADLINE EXTENDED 🧩

u now have until 11:59pm on Sunday March 17 to submit ur poetry, fiction and completed nonfiction to Voiceworks 132: PUZZLE

aaand art + comics subs open until March 31. get writing puzzlers!!!

voiceworksmag.com.au/all/2024/1/29/…

Less than two weeks until applications close for Round 11 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Grants between $2,000 and $10,000 support professional development for literary professionals through travel. Apply now buff.ly/44fDQ1u

Join Mandy Sayer in discussion with Adolfo Aranjuez about her acclaimed biography, Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s first female filmmaking team, followed by the announcement of this year’s Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship winner. Book now: buff.ly/3UtHnaJ

Are you an aspiring author with lots of ideas but no idea how to craft an idea into a story? Writer, editor, and university lecturer Melanie Saward will teach you how to get your ideas out of your head and onto the page. Limited places, book now! buff.ly/4agTCw3