Writers' Connect - August 2008
UTS:Alumni Writers' Network E-zine
For some time, I have been casting around for a name for our e-zine. As you may have noticed from our heading, our e-zine is now called: 'Writers Connect'. This name was chosen not only because it echoes the UTS:Alumni e-zine 'E-Connect' but also because it echoes the quote by E M Forster: 'Only Connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted …' I hope you'll agree that Writers Connect is a fitting name for our writers' network e-zine.
At the UTS Networks Conference last August (2007), we had 60 members. Our latest membership count is 143 with a few more enquiries which may take our number to 145+ this month. This is very exciting to see numbers increasing so rapidly. Our membership comprises writers working towards publication; published authors; and well-established authors some of whom are representatives of other writers' organisations, such as writers' centres.
The Writers' Network social lunch at The Hughenden on Saturday 6 September will give us a chance to get to know one another - more details below.
Our Writers on Writing series is generously sponsored by Icon Film Distribution. All contributors to our Writers on Writing series will receive a double-pass to a current film from Icon Film Distribution. Chris Broadribb writes about her experiences of sneaking around in the Chinese 'Year of the Sneak', which you'll find under WRITERS ON WRITING. In recent issues, writers have generously shared their thoughts on writing and publishing. We'd love to keep this going. Please send in your contribution of maximum 500 words about any aspect of writing or being a writer that you feel would inspire, assist, inform, encourage or simply entertain your fellow writers. Chris is also running another writing competition, details in our competitions section.
The Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival will be held in August to inspire, provoke, delight, challenge and stimulate! It will feature some of Australia's finest writing talent. Hear from authors as they discuss their work, engage in thought-provoking panel discussions, and take part in exciting and creative workshops for all ages. More details below.
There are new notices about writing competitions, opportunities and events. You'll find competitions for young writers; poets, including bush poets; essayists; writers of biography, monograph or bibliography on some aspect of Australian Literature as well as plenty of scope for story writers, including the Global Short Story competition which is designed to appeal to writers everywhere. There's sure to be something in our e-zine that suits your particular genre. Overland literary magazine offers a Novel Opportunity that may be just the opportunity you're looking for to publish your manuscript. We also bring you details of national and international publications where you can submit your work.
More members have joined our Facebook page. Have you joined our Writers' Network Facebook page yet? This is an additional way for our network members to keep in touch with each other. If you already have a Facebook page you can join our page very easily. If you haven't joined Facebook, it's still a simple process. Details below.
Please let us know if you have a website, so we can list it in our WEBSITES OF WRITERS' NETWORK MEMBERS section.
Can you help with our monthly e-zine? Please send news of interest to writers: notices of competitions, opportunities, events, articles about writing and your own achievements, publications and new books. We also welcome guest editors, contributors and volunteer proofreaders. Please contact me if you indicated in the survey that you'd be willing to help.
We're always interested in hearing from you, our network members, about how we can improve the network to better cater for your needs and interests. You can fill out the survey posted in our Writers' Network E-community forum by clicking on 'reply' to the survey message. You can also join in the discussion going on in our discussion forum in our e-community and our Facebook page. A special thank you to all those who send in contributions and are active in our e-community forum.
Please join us in the forum - go to www.alumni.uts.edu.au and log on; then click on 'Communities' and then 'Writers' Network'. To find the survey, click on 'Suggest a Topic' in the Writers' Network forum and then click on 'Survey for Writers' Network'. You can find back issues of our e-zine online at www.alumni.uts.edu.au/networks/writers/index.html
There's a link in our e-community forum to the Copyright Agency Limited which can answer your questions about copyright, including advice about digital copyright. As well, there are links to information from Anita Heiss regarding writing about Indigenous Australians. Our Writers On Writing contributions are also posted in our writers' network forum. All this and more at our e-community, which we aim to make as positive and interactive an experience as possible, with a group atmosphere and plenty of interaction between members of our network. The discussions are moderated.
Please note that all contributions and comments by members published in our monthly e-zine are those of the individual author and that all responsibility for accuracy and liability for comments made in contributions lie with the author of the contribution.
Contributions remain the copyright of the individual author and no copy or reproduction should be made without prior consultation with the author.
Please send contributions for the UTS Writers' Network SEPTEMBER 08 E-zine by 20 August 2008 if you want to be sure they are included. Email your copy to Sharon.P.Rundle@alumni.uts.edu.au
Sharon.
NEWS FROM OUR NETWORK
Chrissa and Adrian at the UTS:Alumni office, who always give us their full and generous support, have been battling with illness and injuries, as well as staff absences and are awaiting a new manager. Best wishes for a full recovery to you both and I hope your workload is soon easier.
Sharon.
UTS:ALUMNI WRITERS' NETWORK LUNCH
Guest speaker: Dr Jeremy Fisher, author and executive director of the Australian Society of Authors. All network members welcome.
Date: Saturday 6 September 2008
Time: 11am - 3pm
Venue: The Hughenden Hotel, Queen St, Woollhara
Cost: FREE. Lunch and coffee/tea provided. Our event is sponsored by UTS:Alumni & Development
RSVP: As soon as possible to assist catering by emailing: Sharon.P.Rundle@alumni.uts.edu.au or alumni@uts.edu.au or call (02) 9514 9861
Thanks to Susanne Gervay for providing the venue again, it proved very successful for our last event.
WRITING GROUP IN PADDINGTON/WOOLLAHRA
Wanting to start writing group in Sydney's Eastern suburbs? Have a venue around the Paddington/Woollahra area? Any writing genre welcome. If interested, please contact Joanna at jodinn@theplanet.net.au
WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO THE FILM - WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN? will release on August 14, with an Advanced Screening Weekend between Fri 8 - Sun 10 August.
Icon Film Distribution and the UTS:Alumni Writer's Network are offering 10 double passes to the much anticipated follow up to Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me - WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?
In WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN? Oscar-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock takes on a franchise even more lethal than McDonald's - Al Qaeda. And after this real life action thriller is over, the world may never be the same.
With no military experience, knowledge or expertise, Morgan Spurlock sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and U.S. military have all failed to do: find the world's most wanted man. Why take on such a seemingly impossible mission? Simple - he wants to make the world safe for his soon to be born child. But before he finds bin Laden, he first needs to learn where he came from and the environment and influences that shaped him. www.iconmovies.com.au/whereintheworldisosamabinladen/
Email Sharon at Sharon.P.Rundle@alumni.uts.edu.au for your free double-pass. The first 10 readers to email will each receive a double-pass. You can enter even if you have won a double-pass previously.
WRITING CONVENTIONS, EVENTS & FESTIVALS
MELBOURNE WRITERS' FESTIVAL
Ticket bookings open from 18 July 2008
Head to www.mwf.com.au for more information
AUSTRALIAN STORYTELLING GUILD (NSW)
invites storytellers, enthusiasts, readers to
STORYTELLING: READ YOUR STORIES ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON: 2 p.m
Dates:
- Sunday 10th August
- Saturday 18th October
- Sunday 14th December
Cost includes Devonshire Tea - $12
The long tradition of storytelling from the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) has been extended to weekends - open to all writers.
"Adults like to tell and listen to Stories." says Vivienne Ward, President of the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc. Everyone interested in either Telling a Story, or listening to stories is welcome. For the inaugural afternoon Storyteller, Stephanie Parello, from New York told stories about dreams, transformations and the Determination of one's own destiny. Then the audience is invited to tell or read a story. Members of the Guild will be there to also tell some stories.
Where: The Hughenden Boutique Hotel, 14 Queen St. Woollahra, Sydney
How to get there: Just take a bus along Oxford Street and get off at the bus stop past the Paddington Markets. The Hughenden is there. Or Park in Centennial Parklands across the road or on a first come first served basis in the Hughenden carpark.
Contact Vivienne for more dates and further details: Email vivward@senet.com.au
President of the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc.
SYDNEY JEWISH WRITERS' FESTIVAL
16 - 19 August 2008
The Sydney Jewish Writers' Festival will inspire, provoke, delight, challenge and stimulate! It will feature some of Australia's finest writing talent, including Arnold Zable, Alan Gold, Morris Gleitzman, Ron Elisha, Diane Armstrong, Ursula Dubosarsky, Rachael Kohn, Rose Zwi and Mark Baker. Hear from authors as they discuss their work, engage in thought-provoking panel discussions, and take part in exciting and creative workshops for all ages.
More at www.sjwf.org.au
TEACHERS! SCHOOLS PROGRAM 2008
25 - 27 August 2008
The 2008 Melbourne Writers' Festival Schools' Program
45 events across Federation Square - in the BMW Edge, ACMI, ArtPlay and at the National Gallery of Victoria. This program is also open to the general public.
The festival is also presenting a variety of authors and illustrators in WordPlay - a program of literary events, workshops and creative games for kids, running each weekend of the festival at ArtPlay. ArtPlay is located next door to Federation Square on the banks of the Yarra at Birrarung Marr.
For more information about the Melbourne Writers' Festival events: www.mwf.com.au
IN CONVERSATION ... with Bob Carr and Dr Camilla Nelson
My Reading Life: Adventures in the World of Books
Date: 21 August 2008
Time: 6pm for a 6:30pm start
Place: Blake Library (City Campus), Cnr Quay St and Ultimo Rd, Haymarket. Level 4
RSVP: By 14 August to libraryevents@uts.lib.edu.au or phone (02) 9514 3420
Refreshments will be provided. Bookings are essential.
THE 2008 NATIONAL YOUNG WRITERS' FESTIVAL
2 - 6 October 2008
Newcastle, NSW
It's our 10th anniversary - put it in your diaries now!
The National Young Writers' Festival would like to thank its partners and supporters - This Is Not Art, The Octapod, the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts NSW, Arts WA, CAL and the Next Wave Festival.
More information at: www.youngwritersfestival.org/about.php
CREATIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY
Australian Association of Writing Programs
27 - 29 November 2008
An international conference on writing, teaching and creativity.
UTS Centre for New Writing
Key dates:
Thursday 27 November: Welcome AAWP Conference and drinks in Loft.
Friday 28 November: 4pm Launch of Southerly Magazine - The Short Story.
Saturday 29 November: 2pm Keynote Speaker Helen Garner.
Conference Convenor: Assoc Professor John Dale, UTS Centre for New Writing. newwriting@uts.edu.au
FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
Our new website has been launched, offering a clearer and improved structure - have a look at www.book-fair.com. From the virtual Book Fair we travel back in time for a historical look at 60 years of the Frankfurt Book Fair: exhibitors who've been with us right from the start in 1949 report on everything from a paper shortage to wine and the Germans' hunger for new literature. This issue also covers the interest of Chinese publishers in writers and works on the web - nearly 20 percent of all Chinese bestsellers have their origins in cyberspace.
Highlights
- 60 years of the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Relaunch of the Book Fair website
- Iceland to be Guest of Honour 2011
- Internet shakes up Chinese publishing
- International publishers meet in Korea
- Self-publishing: providers on the web
Our Writers on Writing series is generously sponsored by
Icon Film Distribution
WRITERS ON WRITING
SNEAKING AROUND
By Chris Broadribb
Back in 2001, one of the major newspapers misprinted a headline, saying that it was the start of the Chinese 'Year of the Sneak'. I thought, 'That would make a good title for a novel'.
In 2003, while on holiday overseas, I tried writing it. I'd made numerous attempts at writing novels before, and hadn't got very far with them, but had another go. I wanted to write something similar to the stories I wrote when I was young, with a protagonist receiving mysterious notes, following people around and eavesdropping on conversations while investigating some sort of mystery. When I got back home and read through the chapter I'd written, I didn't like the way it was going, so I rewrote it. I called it 'The Year of the Sneak' and it a theme of sneaking, snooping and surveillance.
Since I liked reading detective novels, I made the main character a PI and gave him the surname 'Iskander' after seeing it on a sign. Not wanting to defame anyone, I gave him a different first name, 'Alex'.
I wrote the manuscript in the evenings after work and on weekends and made up the plot as I went along, not knowing what was going to happen on the next page, let alone in the next chapter. However, unlike my previous novel writing attempts, I kept coming up with ideas and it all went smoothly. That's the elusive magic of writing.
The MA I was studying part time provided many helpful suggestions, but I firmly ignored the other students' insistence on realism, as the more I try to make a story realistic, the duller it becomes. I like making up quirky characters and unusual events. I had Alex become entangled in a complicated plot involving a famous (fictitious) actor, blackmail, kidnapping and spies.
At first, I used the name of a real spy agency, figuring I could make up whatever I liked about them. Later, I created a fictitious organisation and after playing around with names came up with 'National Intelligence Classification Agency' which sounds bland but makes a pronounceable acronym, 'NICA'. I've since been told that the things I made up are nothing compared to what real spies get up to.
I finished the draft of the novel in mid 2005. It was approximately 80,000 words long, handwritten in five notebooks. I wrote a detailed plot outline to use as a guide while typing it up, editing and revising it. Having added a plot twist at the end, I had to make sure that the earlier parts were consistent with it.
Later, I tried to get the manuscript published. I emailed 10 agents about it and four of them asked to look at sample chapters but none wanted to take it on. I also contacted some publishers directly, and four of them looked at it too, but didn't want to publish it. I rewrote the beginning, and am still trying to get it published.
Chris Broadribb © 2008
Please note: All the articles in this e-zine remain the copyright of the individual author and no copy or reproduction should be made without prior consultation with the author or their agent.
All contributors to our Writers on Writing series receive a double-pass to a current film from Icon Film Distribution
COMPETITIONS & OPPORTUNITIES
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GLOBAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Bill Bryson, OBE, the Chancellor of Durham University and author of books including Notes from a Small Island, is supporting the Global Short Story competition.
The competition is designed to appeal to writers everywhere, from the arid outback of Australia to the baking deserts of Africa, the towering skyscrapers of the United States to the humid cities of Asia, the bustling capitals of Europe to the steamy villages of South America.
Each month, a winning story will be selected and a highly commended work to receive a cash prize. Winning stories will be posted on our website. At the end of twelve months, each winner will be considered for an annual cash prize.
www.globalshortstories.net/news.html
THE COVES HISTORICAL WRITING COMPETITION
Closes: 8 August 2008
Cost is $15 per entry
Presented by the NSW Writers' Centre and the Lane Cove Historical Society and sponsored by Gleebooks. This writing competition awards a prize for an unpublished piece of historical fiction of a maximum 2,000 words and a prize for an unpublished piece of historical non-fiction of a maximum 2,000 words.
Website: www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
JOHN MARSDEN AWARD FOR YOUNG WRITERS
Closes: 15 August 2008
Total prize pool is $4,500
This award is open to young writers, under 25, of novels, poems and short stories.
Run by Express Media (the publishers of (Voiceworks), and sponsored and judged by author John Marsden.
For more information contact Bel Schenk at artisticdirector@expressmedia.org.au
Entry form at www.expressmedia.org.au/events.php?content_id=428
Or go to www.expressmedia.org.au
and click on the link under John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers.
THE 2008 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BUSH POETRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
22, 23 & 24 August 2008
Total prizes in excess of $7,000
Event is hosted by the North Pine Bush Poets and Includes a Gala Concert
Saturday Night, featuring: Garry Lowe - Milton Taylor Melanie Hall - Noel Stallard
Venue: CLUB Pine Rivers, Cnr Sparkes & Francis Rds, Bray Park (a suburb of Pine Rivers not far from the historical home of the Camp Oven festival).
More information and bookings at:
www.abpa.org.au/Bush_Poetry/Championships/Australian_Bush_Poets_Championships_2008.html
THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW CALIBRE PRIZE - WORTH $10,000
THE CALIBRE PRIZE FOR AN OUTSTANDING ESSAY
Closes: 31 August 2008.
Australian Book Review (ABR) and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) are delighted to seek entries for the third Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay. With a first prize of $10,000, this is one of the world's major essay competitions.
The Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay is designed as an inclusive competition. The Calibre Prize is intended to generate brilliant new essays and to foster new insights into culture, society and the human condition. We welcome essays from leading writers and commentators, but also from previously unpublished writers. All non-fiction subjects are eligible: from life writing and literary studies, to history and politics and environmental studies, to anthropology and popular science. Essayists must reside in Australia or be Australian citizens living overseas. ABR and CAL look forward to fostering and rewarding new insights into our literature, our culture and our society. ABR once again thanks CAL for funding the Calibre Prize.
The guidelines and application form are now available on the ABR website: www.australianbookreview.com.au
For further information, please contact: Rebecca Starford at ABR - phone (03) 9429 6700 or email abr@vicnet.net.au
SPRING FESTIVAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Closes: 29 August 2008
Sponsored by the Port of Brisbane Corporation.
First Prize $250, Second Prize $120, Third Prize $75.
Open Theme: Maximum number of words 2000.
Entry Fee $5 per entry or $9 for two. Limit of 2 entries per author.
Send entries to: Spring Festival Short Story Competition
P O Box 1099 Wynnum Central Qld 4178.
ENA TAYLOR AWARD
Closes: 30 August 2008
Theme is historical fiction, entries can be short stories or poems.
Entry Form Required. Include SSAE. Entry Fee: $5.
Contact: Louise Evans Phone: (08) 9301 2282 Email: nwacowan@iinet.net.au
WALKLEY AWARDS
Australia's premier media accolades.
Closes: 1 September 2008
There are 33 Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism across all media.
Works must appear between 1 September and 31 July in the preceding year.
Individual trophies awarded, and recognition. Gold Winner receives trophy and prize money. Winners announced in national media.
Entry Form Required. Entry Fee: $250 for non MEAA members (including GST). Free for members.
Postal Address: 245 Chalmers Street, REDFERN NSW 2016.
Contact: Jane Worthington phone: (02) 93330945 or email: jane.worthington@walkleys.com
Guidelines Available. Website: www.walkleys.com
GWEN HARWOOD POETRY PRIZE
Closes: 1 September 2008
Entry Fee: $12
First prize $1,500. Runners-Up $150.
Organised by Island Magazine, the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize is open to anyone.
Entries must be previously unpublished poems only. Poem or linked series, 100 lines maximum. Include SSAE.
Entry Form Required. Guidelines Available.
Contact: Gina Mercer Phone: (03) 62262325. Email: island@tassie.net.au
Visit website for further details and to confirm closing date www.islandmag.com
RODNEY SEABORN PLAYWRIGHTS AWARD
Closes: 1 September 2008
Entry Fee: $15.
Prize: $10,000
The Award encourages development of material (not necessarily religious) that conveys a message of faith, hope and love. A panel of judges are appointed annually by the Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Trust.
Entry Form Required. Guidelines Available.
Contact: Carol Martin phone: (02) 96977654 email: sbwfoundation@aol.com
Website: www.sbwfoundation.com
NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS/NSW WRITERS' CENTRE GENRE FICTION AWARD
Closes: 5 September 2008
Entry fee: $40; $25 concession for students, seniors, unemployed.
Award for an unpublished genre fiction manuscript by a published or unpublished writer.
First prize: Publication by New Holland Publishers
First, Second and Third prizes: The NSW Writers' Centre will also offer a 10-hour manuscript development grant to the prize-winner (value $500), a 15-hour manuscript development grant to the second prize-winner (value $750), 20-hour manuscript development grant to the third prize-winner to prepare the manuscript for publication (value $1,000). Second and third prize-winners and short-listed manuscripts will also be considered for publication.
The manuscript must never have been published before and must not be under consideration by any other publisher or for any award.
All entrants must be or become members of the NSW Writers' Centre. ($65 full membership, $50 concession for pensioners & students)
Manuscripts must be genre fiction, ie crime, adventure, action, thriller, historical, family saga, chic lit, lad lit, romance, young adult, science fiction, fantasy or humour, etc.
Completed manuscript must be 60,000 - 100,000 words.
Inquiries: ph (02) 9555 9757 or email nswwc@nswwriterscentre.org.au
E J BRADY SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2008
Proudly sponsored by Mallacoota Arts Council and Pascoe Publishing
Closes: 12 September 2008.
Entries received after this date will NOT be considered.
There is no set theme and you may write in any genre in adult literature, including Science Fiction. All entries must be fiction, original and previously unpublished works of the signatory.
Entry fee is $10 for EJ Brady Major Short Story, $7 for Very Short Story.
Major short story $1500 prize, Very short story $500 prize.
Entries to:
EJ Brady Short Story Competition
Mallacoota Arts Council, PO Box 201, Mallacoota, Vic 3892
Entry form and competition rules and guidelines at:
madeineastgippsland.com/AA/pdf/EJ%20Brady%20Entry%20form%202008.pdf
ACT Poetry Award 2008
Closes: Friday 12 September 2008 at 5pm
Entries must be postmarked on or before Friday 12 September 2008.
Prizes: 1st prize $300, and a number of certificates for highly commended.
Entry fee: $5 non-members, $3 ACT Writers Centre members.
The award will go to an original, unpublished poem not exceeding 50 lines. There are no generic or thematic constraints. The award is administered by the ACT Writers Centre.
Announcement of winner: ACT Writers Centre Christmas Party in early December.
Publication: The winning poem, plus the highly commended poems, will be published in the ACT Writers Centre newsletter, ACTWrite, as well as on the website (if authors permit) over the months following the announcement.
The award is for an emerging writer (ie without a collection of poetry published at the closing date for submissions to the award). Entries must not have been previously published or be under offer to any publication until the adjudication is finalised and the winner is notified and announced on the ACT Writers Centre website. Personal details should not appear on any manuscript to ensure discretion and fair-dealing in the judging process. No entry form is required but entrants should list their full contact details on a coversheet and sign a declaration that their entry is entirely their original work and that they reside permanently in the ACT region as described above. Entries should be typed, single spaced on A4 paper, one side only. The award will be given to the poem that, in the opinion of the judge(s), has the greatest literary merit of all the eligible entries.
Limit of one entry (one poem) per person.
Cheques should be made payable to the ACT Writers Centre and Non-members should include a stamped self-addressed envelope of C4 size (to fit an unfolded A4 magazine) for notification of results and a free newsletter.
Post entries to ACT Writers Centre
Gorman House Arts Centre, Ainslie Avenue,
Braddon ACT 2612.
Enquiries: 02 6262 9191.
ROLF BOLDREWOOD LITERARY AWARDS
Closes: 19 September 2008
1st prize in each section is a Boldrewood bust-by sculptor Brett Garling, valued at $100, plus $600. 2nd $300 and 3rd $150.
The Outback Writers' Centre and the Macquarie Regional Library aim to remember the past and foster the future through these awards for prose and poetry with an Australian theme. Prose is to 3000 words, and can be fiction, article or essay (including family history).
Poetry is to 80 lines and can be in any form or style.
For guidelines and entry forms, send SSAE to
The Convenor, Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards,
PO Box 1042, Dubbo, NSW 2830.
Phone 02 6801 4501.
Website www.mrl.nsw.gov.au
ACT WRITING AND PUBLISHING AWARDS
Entries for the 2008 ACT Writers and Publishers Awards are now open.
Entries must be postmarked on or before Friday 19 September 2008 (or delivered in person to the ACT Writers Centre by 5 PM on that day).
The first prize in each category is a $500 printing voucher from our major sponsor, Pirion. Highly commended certificates will be awarded. Gold stickers for the winning and shortlisted books will also be produced.
These awards are given annually to an outstanding title by a local writer and publisher in each of the following categories:
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry, and
- Children's writing
Eligibility:
The awards will be judged on the excellence of the writing/content of the titles entered in each category. To be eligible, titles must have been:
- published (or self-published) during the 2007 calendar year;
- made available for sale; and
- published in book form, with an ISBN.
Also:
- the writer and publisher must have been residing in the ACT or region at the time of publication; and
- the publisher must have no more than five employees.
The winner will be announced and the prizes awarded at the ACT Writers Centre's annual Christmas party in December. The winning and shortlisted books will also be on sale.
For each entry, please send a completed entry form and two copies of the title. The entry form is available at the ACT Writers Centre website: www.actwriters.org.au
MARJORIE GRABER-MCINNIS SHORT STORY AWARD
Closes: Thursday 25 September 2008 at 5pm (postmarked on or before this date, or delivered in person before the deadline.)
Prizes: First prize $600 and publication;
certificates, publication and book prizes for up to five runners-up.
Entry fee: $7.50 non-members and $5 members
Submissions are now open for the annual Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award. This award was established by Don McInnis to commemorate the life of his wife, a short story writer who lived in Canberra and passed away on 25 September 1997. The Award is administered by the ACT Writers Centre.
- The award will be for an emerging writer (ie without a novel or collection of short stories
published or accepted for publication at the closing date for submissions to the award).
- Entries must not have been previously published or won a prize in another competition.
- Limit of one entry per person.
- Entry fees should accompany submissions. Please do not send cash through the mail.
Announcement date: ACT Writers Centre Christmas Party in early December
Word Count: 1500-3000 words
Publication: The winning story plus five runners-up will be published in the ACT Writers Centre newsletter, ACTWrite as well as on the website (if authors permit) over the months following the announcement.
Enquiries 02 6262 9191 or admin@actwriters.org.au
THE PAGES
Quarterly Open Short Story Competition
Closing dates: 30 September and 31 December 2008
Prizes: £60, £40 and £20
Entry fee: £4
For further information, send a SAE to The Pages, The Basement, 3 St Michaels Road, London, SW9 0SL
Or email the-pages@hotmail.co.uk
More information at www.the-pages.blogspot.com
THE FAW WALTER STONE AWARD 2008
Closes: 30 September 2008
Prize: $1,000 for a BIOGRAPHY, MONOGRAPH or BIBLIOGRAPHY on some aspect of Australian Literature (maximum 40,000 words).
All entries must be original, unpublished and not have won a cash prize in any other competition prior to 30 September 2008. Entries must be in English and typed (using double spacing) on one side only of A4 paper. No names or addresses are to appear on manuscripts. A separate cover sheet must be attached containing the title and whether it is a biography, monograph or bibliography, word count, author's name, address, telephone number and email address (if available). Only page number and title of the entry should appear on each page of the manuscript. There is no entry form for this competition and participants may submit more than one entry. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entries will not be returned unless accompanied by stamped, self-addressed envelope of appropriate size and postage. Those entries not returned will be destroyed after the winner has been announced at the FAW Annual Luncheon in early December 2008. Results will also be published in the December/January 2009 Writers Voice. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you require a copy of the results mailed to you.
ENTRY FEE: $20 for EVERY manuscript submitted.
Entry fees will be used to pay the judges. Make cheques/money orders payable to "Fellowship Aust Writers".
Send entries to:
Convenor FAW Walter Stone Award,
69 Tambourine Bay Rd,
Lane Cove NSW 2066
www.fawnsw.org.au/walterstoneaward.htm
THE FAW JEAN STONE POETRY AWARD 2008
Closes: 30 September 2008
Prize: $500 for a POEM or a related group of poems under a single covering title (maximum of 60 lines in either case).
All entries must be original, unpublished in any form and must not have won a cash prize in any other competition prior to 30 September 2008. Entries must be in English and typed (using double spacing) on one side of A4 paper. No names or addresses are to appear on manuscripts. A separate cover sheet must be attached containing the title of poem(s), line count, author's name, address, telephone number and email address (if available).
There is no entry form for this competition and there is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted by each participant. The judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Entries will not be returned but will be destroyed after the results have been announced at the FAW Annual Luncheon in early December 2008. Results will also be published in the December/January 2009 Writers Voice. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope if you require a copy of the results mailed to you.
ENTRY FEE: $10 for EVERY manuscript submitted.
Entry fees will be used to pay the judges. Make cheques/money orders payable to "Fellowship Aust Writers".
Send entries to:
Convenor FAW Walter Stone Award,
69 Tambourine Bay Rd,
Lane Cove NSW 2066
More details at: www.fawnsw.org.au/jeanstoneaward.htm
THE BEST OF TIMES SHORT STORY COMPETITION.
Closes 30 September 2008
For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words.
Cash prizes for first, second and third place.
Highly commended and commended certificates will be awarded too.
Each story must be written in English and be your own original work.
Stories that have won a prize or certificate in previous Best of Times or Winter Surprise competitions are ineligible for entry.
No entry form is required. Include a cover sheet with your name and address, story title and word count.
You can enter as many times as you like. Entry fee is $5 per story. Send a cheque or money order made out to Chris Broadribb or if you have a PayPal account, you can pay cabbook-6@yahoo.com.au
Post your entry to Chris Broadribb, PO Box 116, Burwood NSW 1805
or email it to cabbook-6@yahoo.com.au
If you enter by post, include a large SSAE so that your story can be returned afterwards, along with a results sheet. If you would like an electronic copy of the results then provide your email address.
Winners will be notified by the end of October. Winning stories will be published on the website if the authors agree. They retain copyright and all rights to their work.
Competition webpage: www.geocities.com/spiky_one/comp6.html
Z4 WINES AWARD FOR BOOK REVIEWING
The ACT Writers Centre and Z4 wines announce a new award for book reviewing.
Closes: Tuesday 30 September 2008
Prize: $200 of wine.
Entry fee: $3 and a copy of the book review (showing the name and date of the publication).
The award will be for a published book review to 1000 words, published between 1/1/07 and 31/12/07, by a writer residing in the ACT region.
Maximum of two entries per person,
No entry form necessary. Unused stamps to the value of $3 can be sent instead of a cheque. Enquiries on 02 6262 9191.
Entries should be sent to
ACT Writers Centre Book Review Competition,
Gorman House, Ainslie Ave,
Braddon ACT 2612
FAW (QLD) SOAPBOX ARTICLE WRITING COMPETITION
Closes: 30 September 2008
Prizes $150, $50
Entry Fee: $5
An article writing competition on an open theme for punchy (even opinionated!) articles up to 2,000 words.
Entry Form Required. Include SSAE
Guidelines Available. Contact: Nancy Cox-Milner phone: (07) 33437645 or email: nancycoxmillner@optusnet.com.au
ACT WRITERS CENTRE AND Z4 WINES - AWARD FOR BOOK REVIEWING
Closes: 30 September 2008
The ACT Writers Centre and Z4 wines announce a new award for book reviewing.
The award will be for a published book review to 1000 words, published between 1/1/07 and 31/12/07, by a writer residing in the ACT region.
No entry form necessary.
Maximum of two entries per person, to be accompanied by a $3 entry fee and a copy of the book review (showing the name and date of the publication). Unused stamps to the value of $3, can be sent instead of a cheque.
Enquiries on 02 6262 9191.
Entries should be sent to ACT Writers Centre Book Review Competition,
Gorman House,
Ainslie Ave, Braddon ACT 2612
THE WRITERS' RESOURCE CENTRE SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Closes: 30 September 2008
Best New Australian Writers Competition.
Prize winners and commended stories published in a printed anthology
Entry is free.
Word length: 2500 words maximum.
The WRC short story competition is held twice a year, with deadlines in May and September. Guidelines at www.writersworld.com.au
WRITING CONTESTS
More writing competitions for poets, playwrights, story writers at:
www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/contests.htm
AUSTRALIAN WRITERS' MARKETPLACE ONLINE
provides information on competitions, agents, publishers and mentorship programs
www.awmonline.com.au/Listings/top100-listings.aspx
GOLD COAST WRITERS ASSOCIATION
Lists competitions for stories and plays at:
www.goldcoastwriters.org.au/htm/htm/competitions_other.htm
OPPORTUNITIES
NOVEL OPPORTUNITY
We want an original full-length novel manuscript to publish as a special edition of the journal in 2009. The resulting book will be distributed in the conventional fashion to bookshops; it will also be sent directly to Overland's subscribers. We intend the project as a literary experiment, designed to highlight the difficulties facing Australian novelists and to focus attention on the possibility and desirability of alternative publishing models to foster the novel in a new century. Just as importantly, we hope to bring the work of a new or neglected novelist to the attention of Overland readers and the broader public.
Submissions of appropriate novel manuscripts are invited now.
Download and complete a submission form, available at www.overlandexpress.org/novel%20form.pdf
Please only send the first 10,000 words of your completed novel (do not send complete manuscript), along with a synopsis and a CV outlining your publication and writing experience. Do not send manuscripts under consideration elsewhere. We will endeavour to process submissions as quickly as possible but the process is necessarily time-consuming and we ask writers for patience.
This is not a competition and there is no deadline as such. We plan to read manuscripts throughout 2008; we will, however, accept an appropriate novel whenever we find it.
Submissions are welcomed from both established and first-time novelists, in all genres and styles of adult literary fiction.
Address submissions to:
Overland novel
OVERLAND magazine
VU-Footscray Park
PO Box 14428
MELBOURNE VIC 8001 Australia
MENU 971
Stories of 971 words
www.971menu.com
PUBLISHING OLDER WOMEN WRITERS
www.chicorybluepress.com
MAGAZINE OPPORTUNITY
North Queensland women's magazine is looking to buy entertaining, relationship-based lifestyle stories - eg. 'Talkin' Bout My Generation', 'My First Love', 'Age is No Barrier'. Happy to purchase second rights stories. If interested, please email editor@duomagazine.com.au
WET INK SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Wet Ink is a quarterly magazine that focuses on publishing fiction, poetry and non-fiction by new and emerging writers. It is distributed throughout Australia and in more than 40 countries. As well as poetry, non-fiction and literary-style fiction, we are interested in high-quality work in all genres (eg, crime, sci-fi, romance, horror, thriller, speculative etc) and those with light-hearted themes. There are no word count restrictions - extremely short pieces are welcomed and long work will be considered. All published work receives payment. For more details, please view our submission guidelines at www.wetink.com.au
AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS AND WRITERS FOR THE WORLD: THE THYLAZINE FOUNDATION
Seeks submissions of prose (non-fiction or fiction) with the purpose of initiating positive personal and social change, so that together we are working towards a world where unnecessary suffering for all beings will be a thing of the past. This section is open to all Australian artists and writers who care about a world in crisis and who seek to empower themselves and others. Previously published work is acceptable with appropriate acknowledgments. Please include a piece of writing (500 - 1000 words) on what we can do to make the world a better place, a photo and a 300-500 word biography via email.
All enquiries/submissions for The Thylazine Foundation Australian Artists and Writers for the World are to be made to The Co-ordinator: Liz Hall-Downs: world@thylazine.org
www.thylazine.org/world/
POPULAR FICTION/COMIC STRIP MAGAZINE SEEKS WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS
Writers and illustrators are sought for a magazine of popular fiction short stories up to 5000 words covering a wide range of genres: spy thriller, detective mystery, retro science fiction, western, Australian outback gothic, historical adventure etc - the list is endless, and the genre boundaries may be fluid. The general idea is that each story will be illustrated with line drawings, as per the old fiction mags of the long-ago past, and that the first edition would also contain one or two comic strip stories of between 8 and 12 pages.
More details are at www.rmsed.com.au
ALLEN & UNWIN - FRIDAY PITCH TO ARENA IMPRINT
With access to agents and publishers almost impossible for many first-time authors, Louise Thurtell - fiction publisher of Allen and Unwin's new Arena imprint - has made every Friday her pitch day. Authors of adult popular fiction who are looking for publication can send Louise their FIRST chapter and a synopsis by email (preferably) or mail to reach her on a FRIDAY. Louise will read all submissions but will only get back to authors whose work she wants to take further.
www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=462
Or go to www.allenandunwin.com and click on Submission Guidelines.
MACMILLAN NEW WRITING
is calling for unpublished novels. For more details of their fiction list and submission process go to: www.macmillannewwriting.com
POCKET BOOK SERIES
Stories wanted
A Melbourne publisher is looking for short stories for a new pocket book series, launched a few weeks ago. The publisher invites writers to register and submit their stories. The stories should be no less than 9,000 words and not more than 30,000 words. The writers get paid for the stories selected and quarterly payments on sales from the online catalogue. This is not an e-book. It is a hard copy printed pocket book. They are not looking for famous writers or best-sellers, they are looking for great stories. And need lots of them.
Contact: Marlene Meier
Publisher
www.pickapocketbook.com
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: A COLLECTION OF BOOKS - MAKING TRACKS
The National Museum has become a children's publisher. In an innovative publishing venture, the Museum publisher selects an item from their collection. An established Australian children's author is invited to write a narrative which reveals the historical period of that archival item and includes it in the story. Authors include Jackie French, Hazel Edwards, Libby Gleeson, Wendy Orr, Christopher Cheng, Susanne Gervay and many others. Illustrators include David Cox and Donna Rawlings
For details visit: www.nma.gov.au/kidz/making_tracks/
THE BARCELONA REVIEW
No payment for fiction, but good critical reputation.
www.barcelonareview.com
www.barcelonareview.com/mis/subguide.htm
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS OF VARIOUS GENRES.
www.britishcouncil.org/arts-literature-links-creative-writing.htm
MAGAZINES which accept short stories are listed on the following website:
www.theshortstory.org.uk/magazines/index.php4
HYPERTEXTS, NEW MEDIA, E-ZINES AND ONLINE RESOURCES FOR WRITERS
COLLAGE ART
Do you work with collage? Have you ever thought about collage and assembly? You can make a collage or assembly from your poetry, stories and journals. Take a look at the collage art website which is dedicated to the art of collage for further links to websites that will assist with trying out or enhancing your collage art skills - you'll find it at:
www.collageart.org/
COLLABORATIVE HYPERTEXTS
Join in and add your stories:
For information about collaborative fiction:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_fiction
THE COLOSSAL CAVE ADVENTURE
Try this interactive fiction website: www.rickadams.org/adventure
RELAYWRITE.COM
Is a story factory. Writers from all over the world assemble stories piece by piece until they are completed. Many people want to write a story or novel but never do. The hardest part is just starting. Once you do, you might be amazed at what comes out. Relaywrite.com gives you the chance to stop procrastinating and create something you can be proud of. You don't have to be the next Dickens or Shakespeare. Just have some fun. What are you waiting for? Get writing.
www.relaywrite.com
NOVEL TWISTS
The constantly evolving novel. The story is undecided, and you can influence the direction it takes!
www.noveltwists.com
ONE MILLION MONKEYS TYPING
is a community story-telling site. Choose a story from the grove. In this grove new snippets thrive or wither based on rank and offshoots. www.1000000monkeys.com
NEW WORLDS PROJECT
Science-fiction play-by-post role-playing game and creative writing project. New Worlds Project features an original setting that is used as a platform for creative pursuits. The war-torn setting is set 500 years in the future and offers limitless opportunities for writers, role-players, readers, and artists. rpgnewworlds.net/news.php
E-ZINES
MASCARA POETRY ZINE AT
Australasian Poetry Zine- now online
Submissions to Mascara are by e-mail. We only consider previously unpublished work.
Please send 3-5 poems and a short bio in a single Microsoft Word doc as an attachment to editor@mascarapoetry.com
Please identify your attachment by surname.
Submissions are open at all times. We are particularly interested in receiving your essays and reviews.
Payment for Australian poets:
Two or more poems: $75
Reviews: $50
Essays: $50
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
www.mascarapoetry.com
ECLECTICISM
The Australian e-zine, Eclecticism aims to draw on a diverse range of creative minds, styles and genres seeks contributions from writers of prose and poetry, illustrators/artists, and beat-musicians. The first issue was released late July 2007. Each issue will have themed and open sections. Eclecticism is free - a non-profit e-zine that hopes to showcase current writers, expose emerging writers and artists and provide an avenue for those with one or two stories within them. It will be available to download (PDF format) from the website. Readers are encouraged to subscribe to the e-zine to build its fan base and be the first to receive notification of each issue's release. www.eclecticzine.com
CRIMEDOWNUNDER
Got a killer short story that you'd like to get out there? I am calling for submissions of crime short stories from Australian authors. It doesn't matter whether you write detective mysteries, thrillers, hardboiled, noir or cosy stories, I'm keen to publish your story on-line at the Australian Crime Fiction Database as part of a new on-line magazine. All details can be found at www.crimedownunder.com or email: pizerule@yahoo.com
PULP.NET
Online monthly, pays £100 per story, their current 'call for work' is 'Holidays from hell' in under 4000 words. www.pulp.net/about/submission-forms/send-story.html
FLASHQUAKE
Flash fiction, non-fiction, poetry and artwork
www.flashquake.org
EAST OF THE WEB
is calling for submissions; they are interested in receiving works that exploit the creative possibilities of electronic media to communicate emotionally engaging narratives.
www.eastoftheweb.com/hyperfiction/index.html
A LONG STORY SHORT.NET
Publishes the best work of new and established writers.
www.alongstoryshort.net
THE CUD
An Australian e-zine calling for new contributors! Essays, articles, opinion pieces on a wide range of subjects and issues - take a look at the website for an overview at www.thecud.com.au Enquiries to: feedback@thecud.com.au
REAL TRAVEL ADVENTURES INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
(No payment for this one)
www.realtraveladventures.com/ContactUs/howtosubmit.htm
PAYING E-ZINE MARKETS
www.dowse.com/ezine-markets.html
GENRE FICTION MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES
www.ability.org.uk/genre_fiction_mag.html
USEFUL BOOKS ON THE CRAFT OF WRITING AND EDITING
CREATIVE WRITING STUDIES
Practice, Research and Pedagogy
Edited by: Graeme Harper & Jeri Kroll
ISBN: 1-84769-019-X Publication date: 15 Dec 2007
ENGLISH A - Z THE ESSENTIAL HANDBOOK
A very useful book by UTS Alumni Writers' Network member, Lyndall Hough. Lyndall's book has an alphabetical list of terms used in the study of English, including traditional and new media terms. Words have a pronunciation guide beside them where needed and cross section has a number of sample texts which have notated examples of many of the alphabetically listed terms.
The text was reviewed in English in Australia No 137, the journal of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English. This particular edition was titled A Guide to Texts and Resources. The review was very favourable and summed up as "highly recommended". The book would be a useful text for anyone who writes, or studies English. Published Heinemann in 2002.
ROUND TABLE MAGIC
A workbook for writers and writers' groups. Available through the www.bookaholics.com.au and NSW Writers Centre website at www.nswwriterscentre.org.au Or go to: www.roundtablewriting.com and click on Books.
For more helpful books on writing, please go to: www.bookaholics.com.au
Dorothy Shorne is a Writers' Network member and is happy to promote your books. Please visit the website for more information.
www.booksonwriting.com
www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
Have you written books on writing that you would like to publicise? Or is there a book that you'd like to recommend? You're welcome to use this opportunity to promote your books. Please let us know the title, author and publisher and any other relevant information. You can add a brief review if you like.
WEBSITES OF WRITERS' NETWORK MEMBERS
Dianne (Di) Bates at www.enterprisingwords.com
Chris Broadribb at www.geocities.com/spiky_one/stories.html
Pamela Freeman has 2 websites, as she publishes for both children and adults, at
www.castingstrilogy.com (adults)
www.pamelafreemanbooks.com (kids)
Susanne Gervay at www.sgervay.com/
Prof Graeme Harper at www.bangor.ac.uk/creative_industries/harper.php.en
Lyndall Hough at www.thelearningcurve.net.au
Amy Huang at www.travelstring.com
Valerie Khoo at www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au
ONLINE PORTFOLIOS
Po Yi Leung (Natalie) at: www.poyileung.wordpress.com
WRITERS' GROUPS
WRITING GROUP IN PADDINGTON/WOOLLAHRA
Wanting to start writing group in Eastern Suburbs, have a venue around Paddington/Woollahra area. Any writing genre welcome. If interested, please contact Joanna at jodinn@theplanet.net.au
SYDNEY CHILDREN'S WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS NETWORK AT THE HUGHENDEN
is open to published children's writers and illustrators who meet to network, share publishing information and discuss the state of children's writing. The venue is the Hughenden Boutique Hotel (circa 1870s) and meetings are on the first Wednesday of every month from 10.30am-12.30pm.
The Hughenden has hosted this group for 10 years. Usually between 10 and 20 writers/illustrators meet and include authors such as Moya Simons, Jeni Mawter, Christopher Cheng, Deborah Abela, Felicity Pulman, Vashti Farrer, Susanne Gervay.
Enquiries can be made through The Hughenden: Attention Susanne Gervay
admin@hughendenhotel.com.au
www.sgervay.com
Please, published writers only. This is a professional group and is open to only authors.
PARTNERS IN CRIME
are crime writers who meet over complimentary Devonshire Tea every two months at The Hughenden Boutique Hotel. Full details of Partners in Crime are available on their website:
www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/7255/
Writing groups also meet at the NSW Writers' Centre, for more information visit the website at: www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
BOOK CLUBS AND READING GROUPS
BOOK CLUB IN NORTH SYDNEY
As writers, we all love to read. And sometimes there is nothing better than getting lost in a great book. If you are looking for a book club, Café Conte will be holding one on Saturday mornings in North Sydney. For more information, check out all the details which have been posted on The Sydney Writers' Centre blog: www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au
WRITING COURSES, WRITING CENTRES & COMMUNITIES
UTS:ALUMNI WRITERS' NETWORK E-COMMUNITY WEBPAGE
To have a look at our e-community webpage, please go to: www.alumni.uts.edu.au
Then log in (or register) and go to Communities and then Writers' Network.
E-ZINE
Back issues of our monthly e-zine are archived on our webpage for easy reference. You can find our e-zine online at www.alumni.uts.edu.au/networks/writers/index.html
UTS: ALUMNI WRITERS' NETWORK FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE
Joining this Facebook group is entirely optional and is designed as an added feature for our network to get to know one another better.
Group Info
Name: University of Technology, Sydney Alumni Writers' Network
Type: Entertainment & Arts - Books & Literature
Description: This group is a closed group for UTS alumni members who are interested in writing and publishing. The reason it is a closed group is to help protect privacy and copyright.
Group Type: This is a closed group. Members must be invited or approved by an admin.
To join go to: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10057226734&ref=mf
After you send an application to join this Facebook group, it will be approved and then you become a member. If you apply to join and this doesn't happen, please email me and I'll try and rectify it.
UTS CENTRE FOR NEW WRITING
The UTS Centre for New Writing has been established to promote and support research into new forms of writing and provide an external identity for research students. The Centre will create new synergies with government, industry and community bodies in writing, editing and publishing. It will develop external relationships with overseas writers and institutions. The Centre offers short courses, seminars and lectures. 10% discount to all UTS Alumni on their Autumn 2007 courses.
For more information about the short courses or any activities run by the UTS Centre for New Writing, please contact Saskia Rotunno at newwriting@uts.edu.au
or phone the Centre on (02) 9514 7905
or visit the website at: www.newwriting.uts.edu.au
SEASON OF INSPIRATION
6 October 2008
A nine-week Interactive Global Online Writing Course
Contact us at info@newmediawriting.com for more information or to register for the course. You can find more information about the course and comments from our Season of Inspiration writers on the website. www.newmediawriting.com
THE SYDNEY WRITERS' CENTRE
Milsons Point
to join the mailing list, please contact Valerie Khoo at: valerie@spindriftmedia.com.au
or phone: (02) 9929 9237. For a full list of courses available and other news from the Centre go to www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au
NSW WRITERS' CENTRE
The NSW Writers' Centre has many courses and workshops on writing and publishing in various genres, as well as regular writing and publishing events. www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
INTERNATIONAL COURSE "PERFORMERS VILLAGE 08"
1 - 28 August, 2008
Malpils, Latvia
www.iugte.com/projects/Performance
VARUNA, THE WRITERS' HOUSE
Varuna has many programs for writers, including Readers' Reports; Residential Fellowships; Master classes and the Longlines Workshops and Residencies.
www.varuna.com.au
AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY OF AUTHORS
Have you joined the Australian Society of Authors yet? Visit their website and see the benefits of belonging to the ASA.
www.asauthors.org
98 Pitt Street, Redfern NSW 2016
Ph: (02) 9318 0877
Fax: (02) 9318 0530
australiansocietyofauthors.blogspot.com
THE COPYRIGHT AGENCY LIMITED
www.copyright.com.au can answer your questions about copyright.
For advice about digital copyright: www.copyright.com.au/news%20releases/29_04_02.htm
COPYLEFT
is a general method for making a program or other work free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well.
www.gnu.org/copyleft
THE UTS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
UTS provides services through two campus libraries, the Blake Library (City Campus) and the George Muir Library (Kuring-gai Campus), and online www.lib.uts.edu.au.
NOTE! UTS:ALUMNI MUST PAY FOR MEMBERSHIP. Visit www.alumni.uts.edu.au.
BLAKE LIBRARY (CITY CAMPUS)
Cnr Quay Street & Ultimo Road, Haymarket
PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
KURING-GAI CAMPUS LIBRARY
Eton Road, Lindfield
PO Box 222, Lindfield NSW 2070 Australia
The General collection includes books, journals and audiovisual items. There are around 600 computers in the 2 campus libraries with Internet and email access, Microsoft Office suite, plus other faculty relevant applications. If you have a laptop fitted with a wireless card you can connect to the University network and Internet in the Blake Library.
All contributions are passed on in good faith in our monthly e-zine but no responsibility is taken for accuracy. Some contributions may be edited due to space considerations.
Sharon Rundle
Editor
Co-ordinator,
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY ALUMNI WRITERS' NETWORK.
www.alumni.uts.edu.au
E-mail: Sharon.P.Rundle@alumni.uts.edu.au
Thanks to Adrian Sellaro, Database & Web Coordinator; Chrissa Favaloro, Communication Officer; and our volunteer contributors and proof-readers.