Winners of OOTA's Spilt Ink Poetry Competition 2012

Competition Secretary Helen Trengrove read out the Judge's report on behalf of Zan Ross who could not attend, but was there at our AGM in spirit. SPILT INK Judge's report, 2012 by Zan Ross   First of all I’d like to say that I was pleased to find the overall quality of entries so high.  As anyone can tell you who knows me even slightly, I’m difficult to impress. Among the strengths in the submissions in total was an attention to specific detail which anchored the reader...

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AGM 2012 & NEW COMMITTEE 2013

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Congratulations Rose van Son! for her article in the Weekend Australian

Congratulations to Rose van Son (our Agenda Coordinator) for her article in the Weekend Australian (20th-21st October) called This (singing) Life. "THE choirmaster, Martin, had told us to wear black. Black T-shirts and black trousers or skirts for the girls. Although we were far from being girls, I felt a girlish nervousness come over me for the first concert in my new choir. I had been singing with the choir for only six weeks: one day a week for two hours....." http://www.theaust...

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viva la NOVELLA!

Seizure is on the hunt for invigorating fiction and are launching a new novella competition for Australian and New Zealand writers. If you sometimes think that novels are just obese novellas, then you’re on our wavelength. And since we are theme-lovers this time we are challenging all writers to tackle the theme: ‘Origin’. You can take this as the start of a series, the genesis of a character, a history or a myth. Closes: 1st November   http://seizureonline.com/projects/viva...

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Opportunity! The Red Room Company seeks your work.

THE RED ROOM COMPANY is seeking poems about places all around Australia for a nation-wide edition of our innovative new app, The Disappearing. We're looking for new poems that explore everything that vanishes: buildings, ideas, people and places. To participate, send us a new poem about something in the process of disappearing, and tell us about the place that inspired it. We pay $80 for every poem published. Send us a single word document with: - a previously unpublished poem - a...

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