NYWM Writer Profile: Victoria Nugent

Name: Victoria Nugent Age: 25 State: New South Wales What is your NYWM goal? I plan to take part in Pitch, Bitch each week, complete two short stories and attempt to revive a moribund blog. What kind of writing do you do? I’m a journalist by day. Outside of work hours I write everything from […]

NYWM Writer Profile: TJ Ryan

Name: TJ Ryan Age: 25 State: Queensland What is your NYWM goal? My goal this year is to finish editing the first full draft of my novel and start submitting it to publishers. What kind of writing do you do? I enjoy writing fantasy and science fiction. Some spec fic. I prefer writing for children […]

NYWM Writer Profile: Georgie Rychner

Name: Georgie Rychner Age: 19 State: Victoria What is your NYWM goal? To finally get started on my novella! I’ve been focusing on short stories over the past few years but there’s always been this one complex idea in my mind that deserves space to unwind. It’s time I sat down and worked on it. […]

NYWM Writer Profile: Verity Johnson

  Name: Verity Johnson Age: 19 State: Victoria What is your NYWM goal? To learn how to publish and promote my writing in my new country! What kind of writing do you do? Journalism, opinion pieces, features What inspires or motivates you to write and reach your goals? The idea that my writing might be […]

NYWM Writer Profile: Amelia Dunn

  Name: Amelia Dunn Age: 19 State: Victoria What is your NYWM goal?  I want to be able to spread the word about my unpublished work. I’ve almost completed two different novels and I want to know about the industry. I want people to see my work before it’s out there so they know what I’m about. What […]

NYWM Writer profile: Tasha Llewellyn

Name: Tasha Llewellyn Age: 24 State: Qld What is your NYWM goal?  I am hoping to write four pieces this month to submit to four different submissions/competitions at the moment. My goal is to have at least one of them published. What kind of writing do you do? I write a lot of short stories […]

NYWM Writer profile: Raphael Kabo

Name: Raphael Kabo Age: 21 State: ACT What is your NYWM goal?  I’m currently working on my first novel, although I’m utterly terrified of calling it a novel because that feels like I’m over-committing to what is currently three Word documents and a lot of feelings about Orkney (a chain of islands north of Scotland). […]

NYWM Writer profile: Raelke Grimmer

Name: Raelke Grimmer Age: 22 State: SA What is your NYWM goal?  To finish writing a creative non-fiction piece I am working on and to write two new short stories. What kind of writing do you do? I write for children and young adults, as well as short stories. I also write book reviews for Lip Magazine and […]

NYWM Writer profile: Rosanna Stevens

Name: Rosanna Stevens Age: 24 State: ACT What is your NYWM goal?  To run as many workshops and offer as many opportunities as possible to/for other young writers in Canberra, to foster a writing community, and submissions to an antholozine. What kind of writing do you do? Fiction, non fiction, poetry. What inspires or motivates you to write […]

NYWM Writer profile: Ruby Mahoney

Name: Ruby Mahoney Age: 21 State: Vic What is your NYWM goal?  I hope to write 15000 draft words of my Honours memoir project. What kind of writing do you do? Currently I’m working in creative nonfiction writing as part of my Honours year at RMIT. What inspires or motivates you to write and reach your goals? Deadlines! […]