OOTA Member Laurie Steed to judge the SALA Short Story Prize

The Arts Council of Mansfield is going national, with the SALA  Short Story Prize. And entries are now open, so polish up those short stories and send them in! National prize – $1000 plus a mixed pack of wine from Delatite Winery and publication in SALA Short Stories 2015 Local author prize – $500 plus publication in SALA Short Stories 2015 Publication for up to 20 submissions – we’ll offer publication in SALA Short Stories 2015 to up to 20 additional submissions. SALA Short Stories 2015...

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One free Copy of Westerly (NOVEMBER ISSUE) for OOTA Members

OOTA advises that membership renewal is now due for July-June 2015. You can download the form in pdf or doc or why not take advantage of our direct debit system? Included in your membership is one free copy of Westerly Magazine.(November issue)  Download membership form here Westerly 60.1 The launch will be held on Friday the 17th of July, at the UWA Boat Shed, from 6pm. The issue will be launched by the wonderful Susan Midalia, and drinks and nibbles will be on offer. The Boat Shed...

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OOTA Writers take out most major prizes at PCWC for the Patron's Poetry Prize

Congratulations are in order to all OOTA writers who took out (nearly all) of the major prizes for the PCWC Patron's Poetry Prize 2015.  Shane McCauley (Tutor at Writing at the Centre, FAC) 1st prize, for ‘Shape Shifter’, Second Prize was awarded to Christopher Konrad for ‘East Gippsland and other Enoch Anecdotes’, and Third Prize was awarded to Julie Watts for ‘Chyna’, Carolyn Abbs received a Highly Commended for ‘Girl at Bus Stop’ and Rose van Son for ‘History Lesson'. Christ Konrad also...

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