Developing fully-rounded characters is vital to making your fiction believable and engaging. This post on The Editor’s Blog is a fantastic explanation of why characters need goals and how it will inform your fiction. You can also take a look at Lillie Ammann’s post on the topic (part of a comprehensive series of her posts […]
Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Annie Scott. Annie Scott (12, Narrabundah ACT) loves writing short stories and scripts for film and theatre. She especially enjoys composing music and making movies. Annie has also written several series of horror stories called Sponge Stories, which she emails to her friends each […]
Entries are sought from schoolchildren in the following categories. Section 1 Years 10, 11 & 12 max 60 lines Prize $200 Section 2 Years 7, 8 & 9 max 40 lines Prize $175 Section 3 Years 5 & 6 max 40 lines Prize $175 Section 4 Years 4 and under max 20 lines Prize $50 […]
The Newcastle Poetry Prize is now open for entries! Coordinated by the Hunter Writers’ Centre, it is one of Australia’s oldest and most important literary competitions and boasts a distinguished list of past winners and judges. Opening / closing dates Entries opened 9am EST, Monday 9th April, 2012 and will close 5pm EST, Friday June 8th, 2012. How […]
The Rad Library, a mobile library of books, zines, DVDs, and games, defines a ‘rad’ resource on their website as something that is: hard to find and/or expensive to obtain present perspectives and voices that are often marginalised in our society are donated by people who hate to see things collecting dust on shelves when […]
Taking its name from William Blake, the Blake Society aims to encourage artists of disparate styles, religious and spiritual allegiances to engage in the dialogue between religion, spirituality and poetry. The Blake Poetry Prize was established in 2008 in partnership with the NSW Writers’ Centre and sponsored by Leichhardt Council. An open poetry prize, for […]
There are podcasts about everything these days, and luckily for us, podcasts about writing and storytelling are flourishing. They can be a great way to learn about the publishing industry or hear stories in convenient audio format. So what should you be listening to? NMIT have just launched a brand new podcast, From the Courses’ […]
Today’s contribution to the NYWM Travelling Story will be written by Ben Cameron-Smith. Ben Cameron-Smith (21, Launceston TAS) has lived in Tasmania all his life and currently studies at UTAS. He doesn’t have a blog, but he feels like his soul is encapsulated within the pages of Moby Dick, so just read that. Cheers.
Named in honour of one of QLD’s finest poets, the Arts Queensland Val Vallis Award for Unpublished Poetry is committed to encouraging poets Australia wide. Entrants may submit multiple times, with each entry accompanied by a separate entry form and a separate entry fee. Entry Fee : $20 Entries close 5pm Tuesday 10 July 2012. […]
Submission and Pitch Deadline: June 24 for edition #90: Copy/Paste (Spring 2012) “You pick it up and put it down. You pull faces for the wind to shift into someone you may have known. You tell a friend, who tells a friend, who tells his dog. His dog howls, and the pattern is a snowflake. You […]
