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Patrick Gianni – (untitled)

(untitled) Young genius Lucius Dalworthy climbed from his Subterranean Tunneller, straightened his top hat, and strode into the underground chamber. ‘Surrender!’ he cried. ‘There is no escape for you now!’ Standing amid the steam and dust, Cressida Mandeville – his equally young and equally brilliant arch-enemy – raised an eyebrow. ‘That’s odd. I was just […]

Stephen Poulter – Trail of Treachery

Trail of Treachery Young genius Lucius Dalworthy climbed from his Subterranean Tunneller, straightened his top hat, and strode into the underground chamber. ‘Surrender!’ he cried. ‘There is no escape for you now!’ Standing amid the steam and dust, Cressida Mandeville – his equally young and equally brilliant arch-enemy – raised an eyebrow. ‘That’s odd. I […]

Niran Kvansakul – The Star of Hope

The Star of Hope Young genius Lucius Dalworthy climbed from his Subterranean Tunneller, straightened his top hat, and strode into the underground chamber. ‘Surrender!’ he cried. ‘There is no escape for you now!’ Standing amid the steam and dust, Cressida Mandeville – his equally young and equally brilliant arch-enemy – raised an eyebrow. ‘That’s odd. […]

Sacha Mann – The Mittenfish Lives

The Mittenfish Lives Did you know that tinned food was available thirty years before the invention of the tin opener? In much the same spirit, my feelings for Avery Whitbread exploded into being long, long before Avery had any idea that I existed. For some queer and inexplicable reason, I loathed her: a vicious, voracious […]

NYWM: Day Thirty

Sadly, this is our last daily blog post as today is the final day of National Young Writers’ Month. It has been an epic month, with 30 writers all over Australia collaborating to write a Travelling Story to be featured in the next edition of Voiceworks, our National Young Writers’ Group on Facebook reaching over […]

NYWM: Travelling Story – Jessica Barlow

Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Jessica Barlow. Jessica Barlow (21, North Ballarat VIC) is currently studying Professional and Creative Writing at Deakin University. She has always loved reading and writing, so she’s excited to take part in this Travelling Story. One day she’ll be a published author working in […]

‘Teen Writers Get Serious!’ workshop with Melina Marchetta at NSW Writers’ Centre

When: Sunday 5 August, 10am – 4pm Full price: $165; Member: $115; Conc Member: $100 Are you into writing? Do you make up stories in your head or on the page? Want to take it further? Then join the internationally published, prize-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi and The Piper’s Son, Melina Marchetta, for a day of creative writing that will take your words further. […]

NYWM: Day Twenty-Nine

We’re almost done! Hopefully by this stage you are so close to reaching your NYWM goal you can almost touch it. In the hopes that you have come a long way, we’re sharing a post with you from the Queensland Writers’ Centre blog published around a month ago. This post is a nice wrap up […]

NYWM: Travelling Story – Jarryd Ladhams

Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Jarryd Ladhams. Jarryd Ladhams (18, Weering VIC) is a country bloke with a passion for Sci-fi, Fantasy and writing, and has aspirations to get a book (or several) published. He writes Fanfiction in his spare time, and splits his spare time between writing, riding his […]

NYWM: Day Twenty-Eight

If you’re in the Northern Territory, make sure you check out Grind. If you would like to be part of the team creating this fantastic website, they meet every second Thursday of the month at Darwin City Council. Details here. Poets in Melbourne, don’t forget there is an open mic poetry event at the Sunflower […]