Queensland

Whitsunday Voices is the largest youth literature festival in regional Queensland. Held annually in July – this friendly festival hosts an intimate line up of Australian literary talent to inspire in students a love of books and writing.

Phone
(07) 4969 2076
Category

Wombat Books has been sharing stories and creating memories with families for over ten years. As an independent boutique publisher, they love to find those unique stories that connect us all. Publishes children’s fiction with pages filled with readable and loveable characters.

Tips & General Information
Rhiza Press, Wombat Books and Rhiza Edge open submissions at specific times. Follow submission guidelines and submit only via form available on website.

Do you need a structural editor, a copyeditor, or a proofreader? If it has anything to do with words and writing, Susan Prior at Write-now! can help. She provides a high-quality personal service. Susan can work to tight deadlines and will work with you to ensure you are happy with the end product, whether it is a book, a brochure, or a website. Good, sensitive editing is an art.

Phone
(02) 5629 1079

A group for seasoned and aspiring writers from Brisbane’s northside in Queensland, Australia. Open to new members.

Address
Rendezvous Cafe, 1 Williams St, DAYBORO 4521
Meetings
Third Wednesday of the month

We are a creative writing group for the vision impaired, or legally blind. We meet once a month and each meeting is a workshop, where everyone writes from prompts. Writers use laptops, Braille machines, or dictate to a sighted scribe. We produced a double CD set of stories and poems in 2009, which was narrated and broadcast on Radio4RPH.

Meetings
Meets first Friday of each month except January, at Brisbane Square Library, Community Meeting Room on Ground Level

Albert and Logan News is a weekly community newspaper reporting on community news.

Phone
(07) 38262669
Publisher
Quest Community Newspapers
Frequency
Weekly

Arts Nexus connects far North Queensland’s artists, creative producers, organisations, enterprises and communities by advocating and supporting creative producers and communities with a range of services and projects. Current program partners include Queensland Writers Centre and Tropical Writers.

Phone
(07) 40514433

Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Inc. (APWT) is an incorporated not for profit association that promotes literature from the dynamic and culturally diverse Asia Pacific region. APWT exists to support the careers of writers from the region. Membership is open to established authors and emerging writers, literary translators, literary agents, publishers, teachers and students of creative writing, and screen writers.

Free publication for budget travellers. Publishes information, accommodation, work, sightseeing for budget travellers.

Phone
(07) 47723244
Publisher
North Australian Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Frequency
Six issues per year
Tips & General Information
General information about an area or place travellers visited and liked. Especially interested in funny stories, dive stories and anything travellers do that is backpacker-oriented and fun! Most destination work is done in-house.

Austlit provides the most up-to-date and reliable information on reviews, literary criticism, and writers and writing in Australia. It is used by librarians, students from school to academic and tertiary levels, and works with literary researchers, publishers and librarians to ensure the information is accurate. Check website for further details.

Phone
(07) 33468808

Peer-reviewed journal covering issues on policy and practice in resource and environmental management.

Phone
(07) 54301140
Publisher
Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Frequency
Quarterly
Tips & General Information
Highly specialised content. See website for guidelines.

Largest national circulation to fleet operators. Complete editorial coverage of management, information technology, news and comprehensive truck and payload innovations. Also covers shipping and intermodal issues.

Phone
(03) 95674152
Publisher
Bauer Trader Media
Frequency
Monthly

Specialises in knowledgeable and humorous commentary on all aspects of surfing. Publishes feature articles, interviews, information and product reviews.

Phone
(07) 55761388
Publisher
Morrison Media Services
Frequency
Monthly
Tips & General Information
Make it informative and humorous. Phone first to discuss your article idea but keep the discussion short and to the point.

Birdkeeping magazine, focused on aviculture, pet birds, veterinarian information, bird species information.

Phone
(07) 55907777
Publisher
ABK Publications
Frequency
Six issues per year
Tips & General Information
Prefer submissions made via email.

Provides informed coverage and in-depth analysis of major defence projects and equipment acquisitions as well as commentary on policy and future directions for the Australian Defence Force.

Phone
(02) 62039535
Mobile
0419 014 308
Publisher
Yaffa Publishing Group Pty Ltd
Frequency
Monthly
Tips & General Information
The focus of the magazine is defence business in Australia. Very few unsolicited submissions are accepted.

Australian Grain is a semi-technical publication, which is a bridge between the research community and farmers.

Phone
(07) 46593555
Mobile
0428 724 615
Publisher
Greenmount Press
Frequency
Six issues per year
Tips & General Information
Considers well researched and thorough articles on subjects such as agriculture/biotechnical issues and the practical application of very new agricultural research. Articles should be written in ‘farmer friendly’ language. Prefer submission by email and requiring few editorial changes. High quality pictorial and graphic material to support an article is always a plus.

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.

Phone
1300 552 228

Publication for country families, with good yarns, humour and rural product information. Stories and articles with a rural flavour, preferably real life featuring achievements, rural contribution, community events and participation where individual effort is involved.

Phone
(07) 31662312
Publisher
Trader Business Media
Frequency
Eleven issues per year

An active group interested in reading, writing and composing poetry. Organises the Bush Lantern Award and the Bundy Poets Muster. Meetings held every second Saturday of each month at the Rum City Silver Band Hall, Targo Street, Bundaberg at 1:30pm.

Phone
(07) 41597198

A group of 40-50 keen members dedicated to all aspects of creative writing, including plays and poetry. Welcomes isolated writers from all states of Australia as members. Members invited to submit work for critiquing. There is also a monthly newsletter.

Capricorn Coast Mirror is delivered free each week, to homes and business across the Capricorn Coast and immediate hinterland region. The mid-week publication directly reflects its readers’ coastal lifestyle, reporting on all topical community issues and events, as well as sport, fishing and boating, entertainment, dining, local business news, and more.

Phone
(07) 49393311
Publisher
APN Print
Frequency
Weekly
Tips & General Information
Sometimes accepts submissions. Must be concise and be local based news.

The Central Queensland News, first published by the Gibson Family of Emerald in 1937, has progressed over the years from a four page weekly serving the Emerald community, to a large biweekly newspaper serving the prosperous Central Highlands.

Phone
(07) 49800800
Publisher
APN Print
Frequency
Wednesday and Friday
Phone
(07) 32141010
Website

Child Writes is a program which nurtures literacy and creativity. It gives children a voice by offering primary school aged children the opportunity to write and illustrate their own children’s picture books. These books are published by boutique publisher Boogie Books.

Queensland’s major daily newspaper. Includes latest local, national and international news, information and entertainment for Queenslanders, as well as Brisbane Classifieds.

Phone
(07) 36668000
Publisher
News Ltd
Frequency
Daily
Tips & General Information
Study the newspaper and become familiar with the specific style of individual sections. Do not send pictures unless requested. See website for more contacts.