Victoria
Categories for poetry and short stories. Closing dates: 23 April, 31 October. Also mini-challenge every month, entry fee $1.20 in unused postage stamps. Contact the Editor for details.
ACER Press is the publishing arm of the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) which is a national educational research and development agency. Established in 1930, it is an independent, not-for-profit company. ACER Press publishes in print and online formats. Specialisation: Education, psychology, human resources, parenting education.
Magazine for teachers, allied educators in public sector schools, TAFE colleges and early childhood centres.
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.
Bolinda supplies public libraries with audio books and large print books and has become the number one audio and large print brand in Australia.
Brolly Books is the children’s imprint of Borghesi and Adam Publishers. They focus on richly illustrated books for children from toddler to 8 years, publishing about 25 new titles each year along with imprints. Through Tandem Publishing, they also provide a wide range of publishing services.
Hybrid Publishers titles include: legal, non-fiction (fitness and well-being, fitness, nutrition, true crime, self-help, history etc) and some fiction and poetry. Legal titles: Law Crest imprint. YA: Ford Street imprint. Alternative contact: Anna Rosner Blay, Managing Editor.
Overland, the most radical of Australia’s long-standing literary/cultural magazines, publishes features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion pieces. Overland is committed to engaging with important literary, cultural and political issues in contemporary Australia. It has a tradition of publishing dissenting articles with a political and cultural focus. It also runs the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets with the support of the Malcolm Robertson Foundation.
Pacific Books is an Australian book publisher that specialises in paperback books and e-books. Unlike traditional publishers, Pacific Books has a fast turn-around from manuscript to publication and distribution. Books are usually available one month after submission through our partnership with Amazon stores and Ingram Worldwide Distribution.
Half day workshops provided by Ballarat Writers inc.
Melbourne Poets Union (MPU) was born at Trades Hall in 1977 to promote poetry within the community. It focuses on providing a supportive and encouraging environment for members to read publicly and be inspired through excellent features at monthly meetings. MPU provides opportunities for development and education through its workshop program and newsletter (POAM), and hosts a major annual national poetry competition.
Provides assessments of all genres except children’s, speculative/fantasy fiction and poetry. Assessment will include: General comment on genre, tone & structure; Copy edit; Strengths & weaknesses – literary and commercial; Market potential. If you phone before submitting work please call during normal business hours Monday to Friday
This is an editing service for those who wish to make their writing shine. Ariel Editing offers manuscript appraisal, copy editing and proofreading across genre. With fifteen years’ experience, Katia has nurtured countless beginner writers to publication, as well as helping established writers polish their work. From large-structural editing to the tweaking of syntax and punctuation, Katia helps individuals and organisations to meet their writing goals.
Ten minute play competition. Black box theatre style no longer than 1500 words. Radio plays, monologues, comedy, drama, youth plays encouraged.
Bendigo Writers Festival aims to provide a forum to meet and talk about books and writing, and, mostly, to enjoy the conviviality of a festival set in View Street, Bendigo.
The Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition has helped identify a new generation of Victoria’s writers. The annual fiction and creative non-fiction prizes are open to writers with no more than three stories or articles published in a recognised book, magazine or journal. Open to residents of Victoria only.
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.
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.
Editors Victoria is Australia’s oldest and largest association for professional editors. It provides opportunities for professional development, and aims to establish and maintain high standards of editing while advocating for member and associate-member editors. A directory of freelance editors is available on the website.
The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) is a subscription based, non-profit organisation for writers of all ages and levels of ability. Members receive ‘The Australian Writers’ magazine, writing advice and the opportunity to enter FAW’s National Literary Awards, conducted each year. Members have access to readings and workshops where they can get feedback on their work through our network of regional branches.
Based in Albury-Wodonga (on the NSW/Victorian border), HotHouse Theatre offers an annual subscription season of 5 or more new works at its performance home (The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga), tours regionally and nationally, operates a Drama School and technical theatre training program for young people, commissions leading Australian playwrights, and runs the national artist residency program, A Month in the Country.
A group for young writers that meets regularly to encourage young people with their writing. Caters for primary and secondary aged writers. Runs annual competition for young writers in three age categories: under 10, 11-14 and 15-18 years. Contact organisers for full information.
La Mama is currently one of Melbourne’s oldest and most relevant theatres. It was founded in 1967 by the visionary Betty Burstall after she visited and was inspired by New York’s performing arts scene. Built in 1883, La Mama’s tiny stage and intimate spaces break down many of the traditional barriers created between audience and performer, and continues to nurture the new, vital and unconventional whilst maintaining a strong focus on staging local works.
Meets monthly, mostly at Belgrave Regional Library. Meetings focus on workshopping and celebrating members’ writing activities and achievements. Holds annual professional development workshops (open to invited participants) and writing retreats. Main aim is to support, motivate and celebrate each other’s writing aspirations. Interested persons are welcome to contact the group.
Since its inception in 2005, Malthouse Theatre has sought out collaborations with independent artists as well as new and established companies — locally, nationally and internationally. Malthouse Theatre is a company dedicated to contemporary Australian theatre in all its guises. Our programming is an investigation into what such theatre can be and the questions it raises about the world we live in. Malthouse Theatre produces and presents Australian contemporary theatre, a broadly defined program of work conceived and created in collaboration with writer…