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NYWM: Travelling Story – Miranda Richardson

Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Miranda Richardson. Miranda Richardson (20, Kapunda SA) is a third-year creative writing student from the Barossa Valley who specialises in fantasy and speculative fiction. She was recently published in Voiceworks and reviews for Fringe Benefits. She paints, writes and plays music, animates, acts and […]

Voiceworks #89 Space launch at Paper Mountain – tonight!

Tonight at Paper Mountain, upstairs @ 267 William Street, Northbridge 7.00pm with performances by RABBIT ISLAND and PETER BIBBY Come help us launch the latest issue of VOICEWORKS MAGAZINE – featuring the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, illustrations, and graphic art by under 25-year-olds around the country. With readings from TRISTAN FIDLER, EVA BUJALKA, ZOE BARRON, […]

NYWM: Day Twenty-Four

Today is the deadline for submissions and pitches to Voiceworks #90 Copy/Paste. Check out the Voiceworks submissions section for details. New South Wales poets and writers, Australian Poetry is launching the second edition of their flagship publication the Australian Poetry Journal this afternoon at the Brett Whitely Studio. Check the website for further details. Today the NYWM […]

NYWM: Travelling Story – Nick Gibbs

Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Nick Gibbs. After studying in Adelaide for the better part of a decade, Nick Gibbs (22, Clare SA) has had a sea change in recent months to start work as a cadet journalist in a regional newspaper. He’s swapped city streets for the vines […]

NYWM: Day Twenty-Three

Melbourne comic makers and fans, tomorrow is a fantastic opportunity to head to the Carnegie Library and Community Centre for a one-day Comics Market. You can meet local comic artists and buy a variety of comics from 10am as part of the Glen Eira Storytelling Festival. If fairytales are more your style, Monash University Caulfield’s […]

Seizure Novella Competition

Publishing bigwig Seizure is on the hunt for invigorating fiction and are launching a new novella competition for Australian and New Zealand writers: If you sometimes think that novels are just obese novellas, then you’re on our wavelength. And since we are theme-lovers this time we are challenging all writers to tackle the theme: ‘Origin’. You […]

NYWM: Day Twenty-Two

Today is the final day for submissions to Offset, Victoria University’s annual creative journal. Email your work to offset.submissions@students.vu.edu.au. The new Voiceworks magazine is released today! Head on over to Express Media and order your copy (or better yet, subscribe to the magazine) today. In other exciting news, did you know there are launches for this […]

Emerging Writers’ Festival Comes to Sydney

A one-day mini-EWF festival happening in Sydney on Sunday 7 November. That’s right – the Emerging Writers’ Festival is coming to Sydney! Presented in conjunction with the NSW Writers’ Centre, the Emerging Writers’ Festival in Sydney will offer a whole day filled with the fantastic programming you’ve come to expect from the EWF – panels, discussions, Creative […]

NYWM: Travelling Story – Elaenor Dougherty

Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Elaenor Dougherty. Elaenor Dougherty (23, Albany WA) is currently studying History and English at UWA in Albany. In 2002 she spent a year travelling around Australia and after completing high school she travelled to Europe where she lived for two years. Different people and […]