Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2012

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Entry to the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, in memory of the late Australian writer, is now open. FIRST PRIZE: $5000 SECOND PRIZE: $2000  THIRD PRIZE: $1000 CLOSING DATE: 31 May 2012 Judges: Gregory Day, Mark Gomes, Maria Takolander ABR gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Mr Ian Dickson. The guidelines and entry form are attached and are available on the ABR website – https://www.australianbookreview...

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Seeking your Poems

The Disappearing is an innovative new app that (literally) explores poetry and place. Created by The Red Room Company, The Disappearing uncovers poetry’s invisible currents in the world around us. An interactive smartphone app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, The Disappearing uses geolocation technology to match poetry to place. Over 2012, The Disappearing will operate like a temporary journal, with three ‘issues’ covering three cities throughout the year. We’re calling for poems about the...

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Momentum - New Digital Publishing

Momentum is a part of Pan Macmillan Australia. Pan Macmillan Australia is a traditional print publisher that publishes its titles digitally simultaneous with print. Momentum is a digital-only publisher that publishes most titles in ebook formats only and some titles in print-on-demand format as well. Some other differences. Momentum is open to publishing fiction and non-fiction in most traditional and non-traditional genres. This includes new and previously published shorter length stories, essays and journalism between 15,000 to 50,000 words,...

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2012 T. A. G. Hungerford Award for Fiction, Non-fiction

The T.A.G. Hungerford Award is a biennial award that celebrates literary merit and originality, and is given for a full length manuscript of fiction or creative non-fiction, by a Western Australian author unpublished in book form. In addition to the cash prize, the Award also provides publication of the winning manuscript with Fremantle Press. The Hungerford Award has now moved into a new era with the recent announcement that the 2012 Award will go forward with the generous support of the Friends and Family of the late Bill Warnock; the family...

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Rosie Barter reads from her memoir @ Varuna Writers Blog

Rosie didn't let us know. However, we congratulate her beautiful reading of a work-in-progress "Memoir: Grandpa Zac” on the Varuna Writers blog. Listen or read Rosie's great writing @ Varuna Writer-a-Day...

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