Industry Organisations
The Australian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) brings together writers, teachers, students, and editors. Membership is open to anyone with a professional involvement in the teaching of writing, primarily tertiary. The AAWP aims to represent the interests of creative writing teachers and students by providing a forum for discussion and publication. It runs conferences and publishes an online refereed journal, TEXT, containing critical articles, reviews, interviews and creative work.
The Australian Booksellers Association is a not-for-profit service organisation, representing the interests and shared aims of Australian booksellers.
Scripts must be submitted through a producer, production company or agent. In line with our charter, ABC Fiction aims to tell stories that contribute to a sense of national identity, that inform and entertain, and that reflect the nature of the Australian community. With the additional drama funding we have increased our commitment to commissioning drama and narrative comedy, working with the best of new and established Australian writing, directing and producing talent to tell fresh and compelling stories. We want to deliver creatively ambitious fiction…
Formed to unite and promote Australian Bush Balladeers and Bush Ballad music. Provides compilation album releases, balladeers’ concerts, artist showcases, and the annual Bush Balladeer Star Quest, along with the informative quarterly Balladeers Bulletin members’ magazine.
A non-profit organisation for Australian and New Zealand writers of horror. Brings together professional and amateur writers, while improving the general understanding of what horror is in literature and exposing the genre to a wider audience. Offers support and mentoring programs, critiquingwriting and publication articles, the latest news, state of the market reports (including agents, magazines and publishing houses), magazine subscription discounts, information about competitions, anthologies and annual conferences.
The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators (AUSIT) is the national association for the translating and interpreting profession. It offers contacts, networking, professional development, quality assurance, lectures and can also help find interpreters and translators.
Founded in 1992, the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) is the trade body for the digital content, services and applications industry in Australia.
The Australian ISSN Agency is situated in the National Library of Australia and has sole responsibility for assigning ISSNs (International Standard Serial Numbers) to serial titles published in Australia. Details of all serial titles registered by the Library are sent to the ISSN International Centre in Paris for inclusion in the International ISSN database. Please call between 10am-12pm and 2-4pm.
The Australian Press Council Incorporated is the self-regulatory body of the print media. It was established in 1976 with two main aims: to help preserve the traditional freedom of the press within Australia and to ensure that the free press acts responsibly and ethically.
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is the industry body for Australian book, journal and electronic publishers. It protects and promotes the interests of Australian publishers on issues like defamation, copyright, competition policy and taxation, and initiates projects that benefit the wider industry. Membership is open to any person or company engaged in publishing in Australia. Also administers APA Book Design Awards; Educational Publishing and Book Industry Awards.
The Australian Society of Travel Writers Incorporated (ASTW) is the most highly respected travel media body in Australia. Founded in 1975 and incorporated in 2011, it is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting ethical and honest travel, and the unbiased reporting of it.
Storytellers NSW is the Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc, an open organisation which welcomes anyone with an interest in oral storytelling, whether teller, listener, beginner or professional.
The Australian Storytelling Guild aims to promote and encourage the oral traditions of storytelling. Membership is open to all ages and all levels of the community.
Australian Theatre for Young People is a Sydney-based theatre company focussed on the delivery of productions and programs that have a national impact. Young people are at the heart of everything we do and our reputation is founded on creative collaboration between the nation’s leading artists and our members. Bridging the divide between youth theatre and professional practice, we generate work that has the capacity to be studied, restaged, discussed and accessed for generations.
The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) is the professional association for all performance writers, writers for television, screen, theatre, radio and multimedia. The AWG gives access to legal and contractual advice, provides a script development registration service and a script assessment service. The AWG offers professional courses and publications.
The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) is the professional association for all performance writers, writers for television, screen, theatre, radio and multimedia. The AWG gives access to legal and contractual advice, provides a script development registration service and a script assessment service. The AWG offers professional courses and publications. The SA office is open Tuesday to Thursday 10am-5pm. Consultations are available by appointment.
The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) is the professional association for all performance writers, writers for television, screen, theatre, radio and multimedia. The AWG gives access to legal and contractual advice, provides a script development registration service and a script assessment service. The AWG offers professional courses and publications. The WA office is open Tuesday-Thursday 10am-4pm.
A non-profit collecting society that registers, collects and distributes authorship monies from European collecting societies to its members, who are Australian and New Zealand scriptwriters of film and TV. European collecting society monies include European statutory monies for private copying, re-transmission, educational copying, rental, lending, etc. Currently collects money from collecting societies in France, Switzerland, Germany and the UK.
The Writing and Society Research Centre’s members include critics, theorists and philosophers, poets, novelists, experimental writers, translators, editors, performers and composers. The Centre’s core interest is in literature as a form of knowledge, and as an agent for the examination of social and cultural values. We provide a rigorous and active context for our researchers, honours and higher degree candidates.
Set up and managed by the Australian Script Centre, in collaboration with PlayWriting Australia, Currency Press and Playlab, Australianplays.com have designed this site to make it easy for you to browse our comprehensive catalogue and find the ideal Australian play for your next production.
Half day workshops provided by Ballarat Writers inc.
Barossa Writers is a dedicated group of writers who meet monthly to read and critique members’ work. The group have published several anthologies, hold workshops with guest speakers and run a regular competition for young writers. Members’ interests include, but are not limited to, writing poetry, short stories, family history and children’s stories.
FAW Bayside is a regional branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (VIC) Inc. The group meets at 8pm on the third Wednesday of each month. Activities include writing workshops, lectures and all those games that writers love to play. In the past few years, events hosted include a writing competition, radio plays, a literary festival and the production of an anthology of members’ work.
The Bendigo Writers Council helps facilitate the literary talent that exists in central Victoria by bringing together writers, poets and performers to share their work. The Council holds workshops and poetry readings monthly at various venues around Bendigo. It publishes a monthly newsletter, ‘Muse News’, available for members, who also receive discounts to all workshops. New members welcome.
The Bendigo Writers Council helps facilitate the literary talent that exists in central Victoria by bringing together writers, poets and performers to share their work. The Council holds workshops and poetry readings monthly at various venues around Bendigo. It publishes a monthly newsletter, ‘Muse News’, available for members, who also receive discounts to all workshops. New members welcome.