Announcing our Creative Non-Fiction Competition for WA Writers!

2011 SPILT INK COMPETITION - Submissions now open! Each year OOTA conducts a writing competition for its sole membership. In alternate years we have run a Poetry, then a Prose Competition. However, this year our competition is "Creative Non-Fiction." Note: Guidelines are to be strictly observed otherwise your entry will not be accepted. Download our pdf (in landscape) entry form here or our .doc entry form (in landscape) here or simply click on image, then print.  What is...

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e-launch of Par écrit: poetry of the feminine & The Joyous Lake by Helen Hagemann

Open publication - Free publishing - More australian Helen Hagemann announces the publication of her 2 new e-books Par écrit: poetry of the feminine and The Joyous Lake. Helen's poetry will take you down a nature trail to rivers, lakes, ponds and more. Par écrit: poetry of the feminine is poetry concerned with life's journey and all things female. You can read her work leisurely on Helen's website or check out ISSUU - a great way to publish - for free! http://members.iinet.net.au/~helen.hagemann http://issuu.com/evangelyne/docs/par_ecrith...

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Annamaria Weldon announces an artistic collaboration: Bush Journal

Bush Journal - words, drawings, sound; a collaborative installation by writer Annamaria Weldon and Carolyn Marks, artist & sculptor. Opens this weekend Saturday 28th May 2011 at INQB8. Mandurah's inaugural exhibition. Details of the exhibition, venue, dates, etc. here ...

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Exciting New Creative Writing Classes at the Fremantle Arts Centre

WRITING AT THE CENTREFriday's Prose class brings you five new series of creative writing with new tutors. Our 1st Series "Releasing the Writer Within" was a huge success and so it's a big thank you to writers who attended who made it so. We now offer the 2nd Series - sui generis with Lucas North 3rd Series - Four Hills & a Cloud with Nandi Chinna 4th Series - Writing Children's Literature with Andrew Lansdown 5th Series - Writing Longer Fiction with Bruce Russell 6th Series - Creative Non-Fiction with Rosemary Stevens We hope you will continue...

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Interesting Article in the West & Some Opportunities for You!

Never Judge an Essay by its Coverby DONNA WARD - The West Australian May 10, 2011 "My vision takes into account the great sweep of the country from all points of the compass. What events happened in 2011 that made our essayists set forth on their journey to understanding? How do our essayists help us think about our lives," says ABC Radio personality, Ramona Koval when I asked her what she was looking for as the selecting editor for Best Australian Essays 2011. Award winning author Cate Kennedy says what is thoughtfully crafted catches her attention...

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Speculative Fiction Opportunity

2011 Eureka Street/Reader's Feast AwardThe 2011 Eureka Street/Reader's Feast Award has the theme 'Australia 2031', inviting speculative fiction or non-fiction that imagines what life will be like in Australia, 20 years into the future. Entries should be no longer than 2000 words and first prize is $5000, sponsored by Reader's Feast Bookstores in Melbourne as part of its Crime and Justice Festival. The Margaret Dooley Young Writers Award for ethical writing (under-30s age category) is also open. Full submission details for both awards are available...

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