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The International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival began as a healing and economic development project after the Bali bombings in 2002. Four days of stimulating and inspiring discussion, poetry readings, conversations, workshops, literary lunches, laughter and festivities in one of the world’s most magical settings. .
Upstart Press publishes a wide variety of New Zealand books, including fiction, non-fiction, and children’s. Our sports titles are published under the new imprint of Mower. Since its foundation, Upstart Press has published 50 books and many eBooks, with more than 20 new titles being added each year.
Vacations & Travel Magazine has been published and on sale in Australia since 1983. The magazine’s focus is travel, inspiring readers to discover unique destinations and ways to research, plan and book their dream vacation.
Submit maximum 10,000 words of manuscript, plus maximum 1,000 word synopsis, of unpublished romance manuscript. For details, see website. Maximum of two entries per person.
A Varuna Focus Week offers a residential masterclass to writers with a shared interest in a particular area. Each week is limited to only five participants and includes a creative and stimulating mix of individual work-time, facilitated sessions, one-on-one mentorship as well as social time for unstructured conversation. Participation in this program is through written application.
Verity La is an on-line, no-way-for-profit, creative arts journal, publishing short fiction and poetry, cultural comment, photomedia, reviews, and interviews. As it says on the mast-head, bravery is essential in the Verity La neck of the woods, which means creative risk-taking, freedom, and – above all else – being no one but yourself.
Poems are to be no less than 50 lines and a maximum of 500 lines and must be published works within the last 12 months (from the closing date) and in book or journal form (hard or electronic). Open only to Australian citizens as specified by the donor in the original trust.
Magazine free with the West Australian newspaper. Features stories of interest to general readers, including TV personality profiles and topics related to popular TV programs or culture.
The Wollongong Writers Festival Short Story Prize is awarded for a story up to 2500 words on the theme ‘World-Changing Words’. The theme can be interpreted as broadly and playfully as you like. Feel free to experiment with form and content, but please keep submissions within the word count.
Specialisation: Business books on computing and management subjects, plus personal development in the world of work. Distribution specialties also include business, travel, science, history, sport and leisure.
Every good writer needs a good editor, someone who can tell the author what works and what doesn’t, what material to develop and what material to cut, someone to help with grammar and spelling, and to ensure that you are reaching the intended audience. Wordplay’s goal is to make your manuscript the best it can possibly be, offering substantial editing, copy editing, proofreading or assessment.
Entries are now open for the Write Around the Murray short story competition. The competition is open to writers from all over Australia who can enter in two categories: Open Short Story (3,000 words) or the Nano Story (50 words) using images from the Albury Art Gallery as inspiration.
A free to enter short story writing competition. Ongoing monthly competition. Deadline: Last day of every month. Prize: $30. Submit short stories of up to 3,000 words. Open theme.