tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30972810562266315442024-03-13T13:04:30.296+08:00ootawritersOOTA Writers Group is based at the Fremantle Arts Centreoota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-72778544087841626282016-02-07T15:03:00.001+08:002016-02-07T15:11:37.300+08:00New website for OOTA - this is an archive<div class="desc-wrapper" data-collection-id="55e93a4fe4b0a47f4694e1c7">
<b>OOTA writers now have a new website</b> For all relevant and up-to-date information please go to <a href="http://Out of the Asylum (known as OOTA) is a writers’ group that has had close association with the Fremantle Arts Centre since 1996. The Arts Centre building was once an asylum, and the group’s name pays homage to that. The idea for a writing group arose from people who attended the Writing from the Centre classes, during the time when the State Literature office was located in the Arts Centre. It was Incorporated in 2005 and since then, writers have met regularly in the courtyard of the FAC at lunchtimes on Fridays, and attend classes in poetry and prose on alternating Fridays. " target="_blank">http://www.ootawriters.com </a><br />
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Out of the Asylum (known
as OOTA) is a writers’ group that has had close association with the
Fremantle Arts Centre since 1996. The Arts Centre building was once an
asylum, and the group’s name pays homage to that. The idea for a writing
group arose from people who attended the <em>Writing from the Centre</em>
classes, during the time when the State Literature office was located
in the Arts Centre. It was Incorporated in 2005 and since then, writers
have met regularly in the courtyard of the FAC at lunchtimes on
Fridays, and attend classes in poetry and prose on alternating Fridays. </div>
oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-33319439685187020972015-12-18T13:45:00.000+08:002015-12-20T07:51:47.813+08:00Season's Greetings & Happy Holidays!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The management team of OOTA wishes all its members a very happy Christmas and a safe and healthy New Year. We hope to see many of you in 2016!</div>
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oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-57503480137701646642015-10-06T19:47:00.001+08:002015-10-06T20:22:27.795+08:00OOTA's AGM 17th October 1.30pm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>Annual General Meeting </b>for
Out of the Asylum Writers' Group will be held on <b>Saturday, 17th
October, 2015 at 1.30 pm in Room 3 of the Fremantle Arts Centre. </b>We
hope you will be able to join us. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">If you are
able to bring a plate of finger food to share for the occasion,</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> please email Josephine Clarke at </span><a href="mailto:j.sephine.c@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">j.sephine.c@gmail.com</span></span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span></div>
oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-70410780422648271102015-09-29T09:50:00.004+08:002015-09-29T14:47:15.362+08:00OOTA's Writing Marathon with Kevin Gillam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>OOTA Writing Marathon with Kevin Gillam</b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">10th October 1.00-4.00pm</span></b><br />
@ Fremantle Arts Centre, Upstairs, Room 3 Cost $25<br />
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In the ‘Marathon’ on October 10th, participants will be asked to write
to a number of stimuli, including 'cello music, tactile objects,
starting lines and sensory imaginations. The idea behind the ‘marathon’
concept is that the longer we write for, the looser our thought
processes and imagination become. It is hoped that class members will
take at least 2 or 3 ideas away for further work and possible
publication. The class is suitable for both poetry and prose writers. To book your place (max 20 people) please send an email to: Josephine Clarke <a href="mailto:j.sephine.c@gmail.com">j.sephine.c@gmail.com</a><br />
Then you will need to pay to secure your place:<br />
By direct debit (your name/marathon in the description)<br />
BSB 306408 A/C 0462814 Or post a cheque to OOTA Writers’ PO Box 142, Fremantle, 6959.</div>
oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-56950508187583723102015-09-01T07:48:00.001+08:002015-09-01T07:54:14.961+08:00Book Launch: Thylacine by Jan Napier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">OOTA warm<span style="font-family: inherit;">ly </span>welcomes you to the book launch of</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a</span> collection of poetry by Jan Napier</span><br />
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Enter the Creative Writing Award by 31 August</h3>
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There is <strong>one week to go</strong> to enter the Aesthetica
Creative Writing Award! Register by 31 August to be in with a chance of
winning £500 plus publication in an inspiring anthology of new writing.<br />
The Award is dedicated to supporting and championing creative talent
from around the world, and is a celebration of outstanding poetry and
short fiction. Judges include literary experts such as Arifa Akbar,
Literary Editor of <em>The Independent</em> and <em>inewspapers</em>.<br />
Prizes include:<br />
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<li>£500 Poetry winner courtesy of <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/jubavaeuhqwalawmacahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">Aesthetica</a></li>
<li>£500 Short Fiction winner courtesy of <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/jubavaeuhqwalawmacahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">Aesthetica</a></li>
<li>Publication in the<a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/juhazaeuhqwapawmaiahsquy/click.php" target="_blank"> Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology</a></li>
<li>One year subscription to <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/juwaiaeuhqwadawmagahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">Granta</a></li>
<li>Selection of books courtesy of <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/juqavaeuhqwaaawmaxahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">Bloodaxe</a> and <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/juyafaeuhqwadawmacahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">Vintage</a></li>
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Categories: Poetry (up to 40 lines each) and Short Fiction (up to 2,000 words). Works previously published are accepted.<br />
Visit <a href="http://t.ymlp328.com/jesalaeuhqwafawmadahsquy/click.php" target="_blank">www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting</a>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-12730537051479311762015-07-26T12:23:00.001+08:002015-07-26T12:35:07.775+08:00OOTA Member Laurie Steed to judge the SALA Short Story Prize<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Arts Council of Mansfield is going national, with the<b> SALA Short Story Prize</b>. And entries are now open, so polish up those short stories and send them in!<br />
<b>National prize</b><br />
– $1000 plus a mixed pack of wine from Delatite Winery and publication in <b><i>SALA Short Stories 2015</i></b><br />
<b>Local author prize</b><br />
– $500 plus publication in <b><i>SALA Short Stories 2015</i></b><br />
<b>Publication for up to 20 submissions</b><br />
– we’ll offer publication in SALA <i>Short Stories 2015</i> to up to 20 additional submissions. SALA Short Stories 2015 will be a gorgeous collection showcasing the best submissions we receive.<br />
<b>Entries close at midnight on Friday 18 Sept 2015 and must be submitted with an <a href="http://artsmansfield.com.au/forms/">entry form</a></b><br />
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<b>Judge </b>for the SALA Short Story prize <a href="http://artsmansfield.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/laurie-steed-1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="laurie-steed-1" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1302" src="http://artsmansfield.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/laurie-steed-1-150x150.jpg" height="150" width="150" /></a>Laurie Steed will judge of the prize in 2015.<br />
Laurie Steed is an author of award-winning literary fiction. His stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in <i>Best Australian Stories</i>, <i>The Age</i>, <i>Meanjin</i>, <i>Westerly</i>, <i>Island</i>, <i>The Sleepers Almanac</i> and elsewhere. He won the 2012 Patricia Hackett Prize for Fiction and is the recipient of fellowships and residencies from The University of Iowa, The Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Varuna, Writers Victoria, The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre and The Fellowship of Writers (WA). – See more at: <a href="http://lauriesteed.com/home">lauriesteed.com</a>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-76645528152544860052015-07-13T07:50:00.002+08:002015-07-14T13:11:31.982+08:00One free Copy of Westerly (NOVEMBER ISSUE) for OOTA MembersOOTA 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 <i>Westerly Magazine.(November issue) </i> Download membership form <a href="http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~helen.hagemann/OOTAMembershipForm.pdf" target="_blank">here </a><br />
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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 is accessed via the Hackett Drive car park, just off the Stirling Hwy/Mounts Bay Rd. We hope to see you all there!>br<
The issue features a wonderful array of works, new fiction and poetry, and some fascinating essays. Highlights include previously unpublished work from Dorothy Hewett, and photography from Randolph Stow compiled in a beautiful essay from Kate Rendell<br />
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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) <b>1st prize, </b>for ‘Shape Shifter’, <b>Second Prize </b>was awarded to Christopher Konrad for ‘East Gippsland and other Enoch Anecdotes’, and <b>Third Prize </b>was awarded to Julie Watts for ‘Chyna’, Carolyn Abbs received a <b>Highly Commended</b> for ‘Girl at Bus Stop’ and Rose van Son for ‘History Lesson'. Christ Konrad also received a Commended for 'Warri & Yatungka'.<br />
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<b>NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO JOIN OOTA</b> (Out of the Asylum Writers Inc) and position yourself amongst the top poets and writers in Fremantle. Membership runs from July to June each year and a membership copy of Westerly is also in the offer. You can download a membership form <a href="http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~helen.hagemann/OOTAMembershipForm.pdf" target="_blank">here </a>or write to <a href="mailto:ootawriters@gmail.com">ootawriters@gmail.com</a>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-3314457506651927092015-05-20T18:53:00.000+08:002015-05-20T20:07:33.619+08:00Two Great Workshops in June @ The Fremantle Arts Centre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>APRIL</b><br />
Poetry Fri 24th, 1pm-3pm with Shane McCauley<br />
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<b>MAY</b><br />
Prose Fri 1st, 1pm-3pm with Helen Hagemann<br />
Poetry Fri 8th, 1pm-3pm with Shane McCauley<br />
Prose Fri 15th, 1pm-3pm with Helen Hagemann<br />
Poetry Fri 22nd, 1pm-3pm with Shane McCauley<br />
Prose Fri 29th, 1pm-3pm with Helen Hagemann<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="color: black;">JUNE</span> - Please note that Helen Hagemann is away until 10th July 2015</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> and Laurie Steed and Guy Salvidge will each run a workshop </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> Check out: <a href="http://writingatcentre.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://writingatcentre.blogspot.com.au </a></span></b><br />
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<b>Poetry Fri 5th, 1pm-3pm with Shane McCauley</b><br />
<b><span style="color: #351c75;">Prose Fri 12th, 1pm-3pm with Laurie Steed </span></b><br />
Poetry Fri 19th, 1pm-3pm with Shane McCauley<br />
<span style="color: lime;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Prose Fri 26th, 1pm-3pm with Guy Salvidge </b></span></span>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-56241969392446206312015-04-01T08:08:00.001+08:002015-04-01T08:10:04.723+08:00Voicebox at a new venue: Blinco Street Cafe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Maitland Schnaars, Zainab Syed and Mags Webster</div>
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BYO poems and drinks.</div>
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Jennifer Kornberger, John Mateer and Amy Hilhorst</div>
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<b>Mark this in your diary: Overland’s magnificent list of prizes</b></div>
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For several years now, Overland has been hosting a number of prestigious prizes, with support from organisations such as the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, Victoria University, Story Wines and the National Union of Workers.<br />
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To save you having to keep track of when they open and close, we've made this handy list @<br />
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<br />oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-47152442324268515912015-02-23T17:23:00.001+08:002015-02-23T17:31:51.416+08:00Bunbury Writing for Performance Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Shore Lines Writing for Performance Festival creates opportunities for established and emerging writers of all ages to have their work seen by a live audience. If you like to write and would like your work performed then Shore Lines is for you. The competition calls for written entries that will be judged on the quality of the writing and its suitability for performance. We encourage a wide range of genres including monologues, poems, plays, songs, stories, comedy, hip hop or rap.<br />
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Entries are open until Friday 27 March 2015 and will be judged by an expert panel from Edith Cowan University. There are two categories aimed specifically at young writers: one for primary and one for secondary school aged. A third category is open for all ages. There is an impressive range of prizes on offer including a week's residency at the Katherine Susannah Pritchard Writer's retreat for the open category winner to absorb themselves in their craft.<br />
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An entry forms is attached to this email and is available for download from our website by visiting this link - <a href="http://www.bunburyentertainment.com/view/individual/shore-lines-2015.">http://www.bunburyentertainment.com/view/individual/shore-lines-2015.</a><br />
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Not sure where to start? Why not attend a free workshop at BREC? We will be holding a Writing for Performance workshop this Thursday, 26 February from 6-8pm. Please note that workshop places are strictly limited so registration is essential by emailing <a href="mailto:karenc@bunburyentertainment.com">karenc@bunburyentertainment.com</a>.<br />
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Kind regards,<br />
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Katherine Weston<br />
Marketing Officer – Media & Promotions<br />
Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre<br />
T: 08 9792 3116<br />
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oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-159838940378766202015-02-18T09:18:00.002+08:002015-02-18T09:40:11.645+08:00Be a Bad Romeo Competition<img alt="Embedded image permalink" height="620" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-Fp81yCcAAQPd1.jpg" width="640" /><br />
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CALLING ALL WRITERS: Win a 1-on-1 meeting with Pan Macmillan’s Commissioning Editor!<br />
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Those wonderful folks at Pan Macmillan have done it again for aspiring writers, putting the incredible opportunity of a 1-on-1 meeting with their Commissioning Editor up for grabs in a new competition!<br />
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To celebrate the release of Bad Romeo, they’re asking you to submit a 1000-word story using the characters from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to badromeo@macmillan.com.au before Friday the 3rd of April!<br />
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Pretty easy huh?<br />
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Make sure your submission is in 12pt Times New Roman font and double spaced, and be sure to include 100 words about yourself, including any websites, blog or social media pages, as well as any previously published or self-published works. You must be an Australian or New Zealand resident to enter.<br />
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Don’t forget, this opportunity is brought to you by the new release Bad Romeo, which may have the best tagline of 2015 so far.<br />
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The heart wants what it wants…<br />
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and sometimes it wants something bad.oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-60734095657127300112015-01-28T16:14:00.000+08:002015-02-07T21:03:07.336+08:00Bringing out the Writer in You - Classes at the Fremantle Arts Centre 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Creative Writing Classes for the Writer in You </b><br />
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Shane McCauley and Helen Hagemann offer friendly, insightful and erudite classes at the Fremantle Arts Centre, every Friday from 1pm. Why not join us, together with members of the Out of the Asylum Writers Group, for some informative and fun writing classes. Shane conducts the poetry class on alternate Fridays to the Prose class with Helen Hagemann.<br />
Fremantle Arts Centre, Room 3, upstairs in the main building. <span style="color: red;">Shane's first class is this Friday, 16th January @ 1pm. Helen starts the Prose class on Friday, 6th February. All welcome!</span><br />
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<b>Shane McCauley </b>has wide experience in the teaching field, having taught previously at Edith Cowan University, at TAFE Midland, was joint editor of OOTA’s publication <i>The Weighing of the Heart, </i>and has taught poetry at the FAC for 7 years. He is an award-winning published poet with several collections, including <i>The Chinese Feast,</i> <i>Deep Sea Diver,</i> <i>The Butterfly Man</i>, <i>Shadow Behind the Heart</i>, <i>Glassmaker</i> & <i>The Drunken Elk </i>(both Sunline Press). His latest chapbook from Studio is called <i>Ghost Catcher</i>, and there's a new collection waiting in the wings. Shane offers a wealth of knowledge, an expert on formalism and creates a learned, stimulating poetry class for beginners, emerging writers, as well as published poets. <br />
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<b>Helen Hagemann</b> commences the Prose Class at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Friday, 6th February. This year’s course will look at all genres of fiction: novel, novella, short stories, flash fiction, creative non-fiction, etc. Chosen randomly each fortnight, writers will learn the techniques and differences of all fiction genres. Helen brings to the course her academic knowledge and practice of all types of creative writing, esp. the classics and contemporary works.<br />
<b>Helen </b>is a prize-winning poet with poetry and prose published in major Australian literary journals. In 2004, she won an ASA poetry mentorship studying with NSW poet, Jean Kent. In 2008, she won a Varuna Longlines/ Poetry workshop in Katoomba, NSW. In association with the Australian Poetry Centre's New Poets Program her collection, <i>Evangelyne & Other Poems, </i>was published in 2009. Her recent collection <i>of Arc & Shadow</i> was published by Sunline Press, 2013. Helen teaches with the benefits of an MA in Creative Writing, writing short stories, prose poetry, and bringing a second novel to completion. Her classes are informative, fun and often filled with surprises. <br />
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Duration of course: February - December —no booking required. <br />
These are casual (alternate poetry/prose) fortnightly classes. Fridays, 1pm. Cost $20 OOTA member, $25 Non-OOTA member. <br />
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So why not come along, try us out, we cater to beginners with no pressure. You can learn to write prose, (mainly the short story & techniques) and poetry with established West Australian poets? Find us also on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WritingattheCentre">https://www.facebook.com/WritingattheCentre</a>
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Wishing members Season's Greetings. We hope to see you back again at the Fremantle Arts Centre for classes, readings, lunch and coffee, every Friday. </div>
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Classes for 2015 commence on Friday, 16th January - poetry with Shane McCauley.</div>
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Helen Hagemann's Prose class commences on Friday, 6th February.</div>
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Venue: FAC Room 3, upstairs North Wing </div>
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</div>Calling Poets, Writers, Scientists, Academics! Bimblebox 153 Birds is calling for approx 80 writers to contribute to this art project which describes the bird species that have been officially recorded at the Bimblebox Nature Refuge. We need a myriad of voices to tell us something about the following bird species that are currently wild and free avian residents or seasonal visitors to the Bimblebox Nature Refuge.<br />
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WHY? Because the Bimblebox Nature Refuge is under threat from massive coal mining projects both directly over and under the refuge plus all around it, throughout the Galilee Basin. This means that the myriad life that thrives on Bimblebox is under threat, including the birds.</div><br />
Look for more information on their <a href="http://bimbleboxartproject.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/writers-needed-for-bimblebox-153-birds/">website</a></div>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-15481492739582792832014-09-01T08:53:00.002+08:002014-09-01T08:53:58.321+08:00The Josephine Ulrick Poetry/ Short Story Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Enter for the chance to win a share in one of the largest creative writing competition prize pools worldwide.</h2>
Among the richest poetry and short story prizes in the world, the
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How to enter the Josephine Ulrick Prize:</h3>
<strong>Literature prize 2015:</strong><br />
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<li>Terms and Conditions of Entry for the <a href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/humanities-languages/school-humanities/news-and-events/josephine-ulrick-prizes/literature-prize-terms-and-conditions">Literature Prize</a></li>
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<strong>Poetry prize 2015:</strong><br />
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More information on the <a href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/humanities-languages/school-humanities/news-and-events/josephine-ulrick-prizes" target="_blank">Griffith University Website </a>oota writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04204605503068307188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097281056226631544.post-70107995330044574292014-08-26T22:15:00.001+08:002014-08-26T22:15:31.902+08:00Submissions Open for the Cincinnati Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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editors of The Cincinnati Review (est. 2003) have opened their yearly
reading period and are now reviewing submissions for upcoming issues.
The semiannual literary journal is edited and published by students and
faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Both aspiring and experienced
writers are encouraged to submit their work. Poetry: submit up to 10
pages of poetry. Prose (fiction/nonfiction): not to exceed 40
(double-spaced) pages. Long-form narratives (prose/poetry): su</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px;">bmit
10-plus pages of poetry; 10K-35K words for prose. Book reviews: submit a
single review of a book, up to 1500 words. Payment: $25/page for prose;
and $30/page for poetry. The Cincinnati Review buys FNASR, plus
electronic rights. Authors retain All Rights after publication. Reading
period: August 15, 2014-April 15, 2015 -<br /><a href="http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/guidelines</a></span></div>
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