Writers' Connect - September 2008
WRITERS CONNECT
UTS Alumni Writers' Network E-zine
SEPTEMBER 2008
After braving pouring rain and the cold, blustery wind, it was a pleasure to walk into the cosy atmosphere of The Hughenden for the Writers' Network social lunch.
The room was perfect and welcoming. Our social lunch began with a welcome and morning tea or coffee. Jeremy Fisher, author and Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors and a Writers' Network member, was guest speaker. Jeremy spoke eloquently on the topic of 'Being a Professional Writer'. He reminded us about the business of writing, which is every bit as important as writing itself; why it's necessary and how to go about equipping yourself with the relevant knowledge that you need to conduct your writing as a business. He told us about the ASA and its work as the peak body for writers. Jeremy then took questions from a number of people before concluding his very informative address to our members. You can visit Jeremy Fisher's Blog for more details of his talk about being a professional writer at drjeremyfisher.blogspot.com
During a break we enjoyed a delicious lunch provided by Susanne and her staff at The Hughenden, as we chatted and got to know each other better. It was great to put faces to names and 'to swap notes', as Pamela Mawbey commented. I really enjoyed meeting or catching up with all of you who attended.
Following lunch, I spoke about the Writers' Network and what we offer. I also encouraged everyone to visit our e-community from time to time, regularly if you can, and join in or start discussions, word games, threads for critiquing work, post your achievements or questions. It's your space and you are welcome to use it to keep in contact and interact in between meetings.
Richard Coady spoke about his blog at theatreopenmental@blogspot.com and asked for 30 minute scripts for screenplays. You can visit his blog for more information. Richard also read us his poem to a warm reception. Lyndall Hough gave us an honest appraisal of self-publishing text books; explained how to make a non-fiction self-publishing venture a success with examples, and told us about her own experience. Chris Broadribb read her story "The Lazy Writers' Society", a story related in a series of letters, which was very droll - and more so because of Chris' deadpan delivery. Alicia Thompson read a dramatic extract from her draft novel that was set on the battlefield in war-time, during which you could have heard a pin drop. Carol Mara read from her latest novel manuscript set in a 'lying-in' home for unmarried mothers in 1968, which was very evocative of the era and struck a chord with many who listened. Susanne Gervay spoke about the Indo-Aus collection of stories, "Blood Will Have Blood". She also told us about the development of her book 'I am Jack' for theatre. Then Susanne and Deborah Abela kindly responded to questions about writing, the young adult fiction market and publishing in general.
Before we knew it, it was time to wrap up our social lunch meeting and venture out into the dreary weather again.
Many thanks to all who helped and supported our Writers Network Social Lunch - Chrissa Favoloro, Adran Sellaro, Natasha Wheeler, and the UTS Alumni Office; Susanne Gervay and staff at The Hughenden Hotel in Woollahra; Jeremy Fisher, guest speaker; Richard, Lyndall, Chris, Alicia, Carol, Susanne and Deborah, whose contributions received a very favourable and appreciative response. Thanks, too, to all who attended in spite of dreadful weather and traffic jams.
All in all it was a very enjoyable day and I hope we can organise another Writer's Network social lunch early next year. It would be lovely to see you all again and to meet more of our members. If you have ideas, suggestions, would like to volunteer or contribute to events, the e-zine or the writers' network, please do let me know. All comments and offers of help are warmly welcomed.
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. Eleanor Limprecht writes about her experiences of writing and motherhood, which you'll find under WRITERS ON WRITING. We enjoyed meeting Eleanor at our Writer's Network social lunch on Saturday. 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.
There are new notices about writing competitions, opportunities and events. Chris is running a September writing competition, details in our Competitions section. 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.
At the Writers' Network lunch we spoke about our e-community. 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 OCTOBER 08 E-zine by 20 September 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
SAVE! DISCOUNTED TICKETS ON STATE LIBRARY WRITERS' TALKS
The State Library holds regular talks with renowned writers and they are offering $15 tickets for UTS alumni. For more information, visit the UTS Alumni website.
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
WRITING CONVENTIONS, EVENTS & FESTIVALS
AUSTRALIAN STORYTELLING GUILD (NSW)
invites storytellers, enthusiasts, readers to
STORYTELLING: READ YOUR STORIES ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON: 2 p.m
Dates:
- Saturday 18th October
- Sunday 14th December
Cost includes Devonshire Tea - $12.00
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. Paddington, (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.
THE 2008 NATIONAL YOUNG WRITERS' FESTIVAL
2 - 6 October
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 27th November: Welcome AAWP Conference and drinks in Loft.
Friday 28th November: 4pm Launch of Southerly Magazine - The Short Story.
Saturday 29th 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
Writing and Motherhood
by Eleanor Limprecht
As a writer, having a baby is the most difficult thing I've ever done. Not just the having of it, which though incredibly painful, is now a blur. No, I'm thinking of the selflessness. The realisation that my needs would never again come first. Does that sound harsh? It's also a wonderful thing. How rare, in these materialistic times, to realise life revolves around a completely uncommodifiable thing!
I still remember the complete bafflement I felt when faced with this tiny, red-faced, screaming creature. The black hole of time swallowed up by breastfeeding, laundry, cooking and cleaning. The hours spent getting her to sleep, to eat, to just stop crying. How it felt to organise myself to get outside for a few hours, and then find at the front door she'd vomited over her clothes, her blankets, my coat. To end up indoors again, back at the laundry sink.
The anxiety I felt over doing it right. Whether she ate enough. Slept enough. Whether her poo was the right colour. Whether I was doing her a lifetime of damage by giving her a dummy. Whether swaddling would turn her into a cripple. Whether I should be co-sleeping or putting her in the bassinette, carrying her in a sling or in the pram.
Part of the problem was my own approach - years of being a journalist and a voracious reader had given me the tendency to over-research. I read absolutely everything available on the subject. Only everyone had something different to tell me. According to Gina Ford, we should be adhering to a strict schedule of sleeps and naps and fresh air and feeds. At 9am the baby should be in the nursery, curtains drawn, while I was washing the bottles and having my toast and tea. But then Dr Sears told me I shouldn't give a damn about schedules, just to co-sleep, always carry my baby and feed her whenever she desired it. Which was all very nice, except none of us slept well with her in the bed (baby included) and sometimes I needed to put her down. When was I supposed to go to the toilet? And according to the Baby Whisperer I should be thinking about her toilet training before she turned one.
But the thing that bothered me most was that I felt as though I wasn't getting any writing done. I know my expectations were high, but I was raised in a generation where I was prepared for nothing as much as a career. I could do whatever I chose, I was told, as long as I worked hard at it. My career of choice, journalism and writing, seemed a perfect fit with motherhood because of the flexible hours and the ability to work from home. I remember telling people, smugly, 'I'll just write while she's sleeping'.
Was I thinking at 8pm, before I ate my own dinner and collapsed into bed only to be woken a few hours later to nurse again? Or during one of the several 40 minute catnaps my little one took during the day? I'm not sure what I was thinking, exactly, but you can't blame me or any of the other first time mothers who come into this completely unprepared. Most of us haven't been in close contact with others who've had babies yet. Sure, there are the friends and relatives, but unless we live in the same place, we're probably not present for the 3am wakings or the arguments about whose turn it is to change the nappy.
Besides, while I was always dying for her to fall asleep so I could do some writing, which I felt I desperately needed, as soon as she slept I couldn't bear not to watch her. Those perfect eyelids, the lips. Making sure her chest rose and fell, rose and fell. And then perhaps I would steal away to have a shower, and by the time I was finished she would be awake again. My disappointment disappearing as she wriggled in my arms. Or smiled, showing rosebud-pink gums, as she lay on the change table.
Even now, as she's fourteen months, the only reason I can sit down to write is because she's off for a few hours with her grandmother. Even now, after more than a year, a few hours to write is precious. I have to ignore the sink full of dishes, the dog hair coating the carpet and just sit down at my computer.
Part of the challenge, indeed, is that not everyone sees writing as work. Particularly if it's not something I've been commissioned to do, if it's an idea brewing in my head or something I need to get out of me. Or perhaps the fiction manuscript I never quite finished before she was born. If I had to be in an office during this time, wasting precious hours commuting and gossiping with colleagues, no-one would question that what I did was work. Yet staying home and writing is, for me, the hardest work of all. Why then do I still feel guilty about doing it? Maybe it's the absence of a regular pay check, or the raised eyebrows that others give me when I tell them what I've been doing.
Yet somehow, underneath all of this, I have a sense that motherhood will give me new insight as well. Grist for the mill of my own creativity. A whole new world has opened up to me - of sensations and challenges and fears. A world of selflessness, of empathy. Of fierce love, fiercer than I could have imagined.
My new powers frighten me, how everything I do will help form her little person, the way she thinks about this world. Every action I take will set an example for her. I want to use this power for good, but I also know how important it is to find the time to be someone other than just a mother. To write again. Not just for me, but for my daughter as well.
Eleanor Limprecht © 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, AWARDS & OPPORTUNITIES
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BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 2009 NOW OPEN
Closes: Friday, 28 November 2008 except for novels published in
December 2008 which have a closing date of Friday, 9 January 2009.
Valued at $35,000, the Award is offered annually for "the best novel written
by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or
otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society".
Barbara Jefferis was a feminist, a founding member of the Australian Society of Authors, its first woman President and, in the words of Thomas Keneally,
"a rare being amongst authors, being both a fine writer but also organisationally gifted. She was a professional and internationally published writer long before most of us dreamed of such things".
The Award is paid from the Barbara Jefferis Literary Fund, which was established by a bequest from Barbara Jefferis's husband, ABC film critic John Hinde, who died in 2006. The Australian Society of Authors is Trustee of the Fund. The judges are academic Bernadette Brennan, author Nadia Wheatley, and literary editor Susan Wyndham.
Last year's winner, Rhyll McMaster's Feather Man, is a September selection for the American Booksellers Association Indie Next List. This prestigious listing guarantees promotion in independent bookshops across the United States. McMaster's book sits alongside the latest from such notables as Annie Proulx and Paul Auster.
For more information, full terms and conditions, and official entry form for
the Barbara Jefferis Award, go to: www.asauthors.org
Media Contact: Dr Jeremy Fisher, ASA Executive Director, ph: 02 9318 0877 or
0438 318 673.
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
E J BRADY SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2008
Proudly sponsored by Mallacoota Arts Council and Pascoe Publishing
Closes: 12th 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 here.
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.
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 5PM 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/ACTawards
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: Sept 30 and Dec 31.
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
More details click on Competitions at: www.fawnsw.org.au
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 click on Competitions at: www.fawnsw.org.au
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
DOROTHY SARGENT ROSENBERG POETRY PRIZES FOR 2008
Closes: 18 October 2008.
Between $125,000 and $200,000 in "Dorothy Prizes" disbursed by The Fund each year, which reserves the right to adjust the size and number of awards to suit the quality and quantity of the submissions in any given year.
http://dorothysargentrosenbergmemorialfund.org
INSCRIPTION
Scripting, Sharpening and Presenting Australian stories
Submissions due: 31st October 2008.
Prizes - each prize will consist of: $5,000 cash + Extensive script development workshops with leading Australian and international practitioners + A presentation of extracts from the winning works to industry professionals and producers and where possible, professional production of scripts.
This award is an INSCRIPTION initiative to develop exciting new Australian scripts. Each category award culminates in script development workshops offered each April and August. INSCRIPTION is seeking strongly written theatre, film and television scripts that are compelling for Australian audiences. For Guidelines, Criteria, Key dates, How to apply and What to submit, download an application form at www.inscription.com.au
ASHAM AWARD - SHORT STORIES BY WOMEN
Closes: 1 October 2008
Writers of Wynnum Manly Spring Short Story Competition. Organised by Writers of Wynnum Manly. Short story competition - open theme - up to 2500 words.
First Prize $125.
For guidelines and entry form contact Di Hill at PO Box 3500 , TINGALPA QLD 4173. Or phone: (07) 3893 0300. Or E-mail dihill@eftel.net.au
THE AGE SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Closes: 1 October 2008
Prize: $2,000, $1,000 and $500. Entry Fee: Not applicable. Contact organisers to confirm details: Frances Atkinson phone: (03) 96004211 email: books@theage.com.au
website: www.theage.com.au
SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS OF EARTH SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Closes: 30 October 2008
Science Fiction Writers of Earth (SFWOE)
Both science fiction and fantasy are accepted - 2,000 to 7,500 words.
This competition is open to previously unpublished writers only.
First prize $250 plus publication, second $150, third $75.
Entry Form Required. Entry Fee: $5.
Guidelines Available. Contact: Australasian Coordinator, Rob Riel email: jandr@hunterlink.net.au website: www.flash.net/~sfwoe
MORNINGTON PENINSULA PRIZE
Closes: 31 October 2008
Organised by Peninsula Regional FAW. Mornington Peninsula Prize Short Story Competition, open theme up to 3000 words and Poetry Competition, open theme, max 30 lines. Short Story Prize: $300, $150 $50, Highly Commended, Commended. Poetry Prize: $150, Highly Commended, Commended. Entry Form Required. Include SSAE. Entry Fee: Short Story $7.50 Poetry $5. Guidelines Available. Contact: Owen Quayle phone: (03) 59753351 email: peninsulafaw@bigpond.com
AUREALIS AWARDS
Closes: 31 October 2008
The Aurealis Awards recognise the achievements of Australian writers of science fiction, horror and fantasy. The Awards have six divisions each with multiple awards; science fiction, horror, fantasy, young adult, children's and the golden Aurealis, drawn from the winners of the previous five divisions. Entrants are nominated and the relevant forms are available on the website www.aurealisawards.com. Entry form required. No entry fee: Contact: Ron Serdiuk email: director@aurealisawards.com
$200,000 AWARD FOR NEW SCRIPTS
Closes: 31 October 2008
A scriptwriting prize wants to reward the next generation of Australian writers for stage and screen with a total booty of $200,000 and the chance of a lifetime.
For more information, visit www.inscription.com.au
OPENBOOK PRIZE
Closes: 31 October 2008
The NSW Writers' Centre proudly supports Australian authors by offering an annual award for the best work of fiction, non-fiction and children's/young adult self-published by an individual author or by an Australian publishing company which does not have a distribution arrangement for its authors.
Best Non-Fiction Book: $500 cash prize. Best Fiction Book: $500 cash prize. Prizes are sponsored by Gary Allen P/L, Breakout DesignPrintWeb and Messenger Marketing. There is a prize for the best marketing plan.The Messenger Marketing Award for the most Innovative Marketing Plan for a Non-Fiction Book: $500 cash prize and a place at the Messenger Publishing for Passion and Profit Full Day Marketing, Funding and Distribution Workshop (valued at $1,200). Entry fee: $25.
Guidelines at www.nswwriterscentre.org.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
SHORT FILM SCRIPTS WANTED
A request for short film scripts from Sarah Steel who used to be our contact at Dendy Films in Sydney:
I'm working in London in film distribution (after a contract with the BFI for the London Film Festival last year). I'm looking to make another short film in my spare time. I'd like to reach talented writers who might have a good script sitting around that they'd like to see made.
It will be very low budget (surprise, surprise) but they can check out my last short here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2BdTO0wSMQ to see my work and I will be doing a trip back to Oz in early January if they wanted to meet and discuss.
A ready-made script would be preferable, but I'm also open to the idea of adapting a short story. It will be some months in development so I should have the time to adapt, or work with the writer to adapt. The main thing would be to find something fairly logistically easy to make, so few locations and no robots!
Best, Sarah
Sarah Steel sarahpatsy@gmail.com
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
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
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
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 dvisory 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.au
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
BLOGS
Sharon Rundle at: http://roundtablewriting.wordpress.com
Richard Coady, Timestream Productions, at: theatreopenmental@blogspot.com
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
October 6, 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
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
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.
Study areas, silent and group discussion rooms, presentation practice rooms and training facilities are available in both campus libraries and offer a vibrant, learning environment for all UTS students. There are around 600 computers in the two 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 proofreaders.