Western Australia
The Geraldton Guardian has been covering news, sport, art, entertainment and events throughout the local region since 1906.
This competition is open to short fiction pieces from authors Australia-wide. Words: 1000 minimum – 3000 maximum. Visit the website for further information and all Terms and Conditions.
The KSP Open Day gives you the chance to introduce yourselves and friends to the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre, pick up information flyers on upcoming events and programs, mingle with WA writers, listen to readings, chat with the Management Committee about your ideas for the Centre, and join a conducted National Heritage Tour of the house and gardens.
Writing group for young writers who want to hone their craft. Meets every Thursday in term time at 4.00pm – 5.00pm (under 13s) and 5.00pm – 6.00pm (13-18s). Just bring along your imagination and some writing material and meet other young people who love to write.
Legal deposit was reinstated in Western Australia under the Legal Deposit Act 2012. The Act covers print, audio-visual and digital material, including works published on the Internet. The Legal Deposit Regulations 2013 prescribe how the Act’s provisions operate. Regulations for the deposit of physical items came into effect on 1 January 2014. Further consultation to develop regulations for digital legal deposit will be undertaken in 2014.
The MEAA is the professional union that covers employees in the media, entertainment, sports, and art industries, advocating on issues like equity, workplace relations and standard pay rates.
The Wheatbelt Mercury is a weekly local newspaper for 18 shires. The Mercury has many special features throughout the year including a Seeding Season, Harvest Season supplement aimed at the needs of the community.
A free weekly newspaper delivered to every home and business in midwest WA. Includes ‘Living on the Land’ lift-out as well as the latest regional news.
Non-fiction writing covers a broad range, spanning from biographies, newspaper articles, ghostwriting, letters, anecdotes, speeches and historical writing. This group explores skills that include developing your ideas; writing commercially; writing for the internet, the children’s and youth markets; research and interviews; selling your work; editing, polishing promoting and marketing your writing; copyright and plagiarism; critiquing and creative non-fiction.
Australasia’s leading oil and gas journal. Provides the most in-depth coverage of all current and future oil and gas developments in the Australasian region.
The objectives of the association are to promote the practice and methods of oral history, educate in the use of oral history methods, encourage discussion of all problems in oral history, foster the preservation of oral history records in Australia, and share information about oral history projects. Branch seminars and workshops are held regularly throughout the year while a national conference is held every two years. Alternative email: [email protected].
This group is for people wishing to write the history of their families, their localities or special events. Bring along your work. Get and give help with style, ideas, editing, and publishing. Meets every second Saturday at 10am.
Perth International Arts Festival curates and presents an annual arts festival of the highest international quality. PIAF aspires to create new work and stimulate discourse about Western Australia and our place in a complex and political world. As a sub-strand of PIAF, the Perth Writers Festival aims to showcase and celebrate the written and spoken word. Participants include poets, novelists, social commentators, filmmakers, artists and musicians.
Lively group of poets who give writerly fellowship and feedback. Also involved in readings, exhibitions and publication. Meetings on second and fourth Mondays each month 1-3pm.
Produces material for primary and secondary schools, particularly photocopiable subject related books for primary schools and materials for secondary students at risk. Covers all subject areas. Supplies major Australian distribution agencies as well as having own distribution network operating Australia-wide. Exports to NZ and UK. Specialisation: Educational photocopy masters for primary schools and secondary schools.
This is an extremely supportive group for writers working in the genre of romance or within the broader context of fiction, where writers can share their work, discuss technique and ultimately help each other to publish work in the various categories of romance (historical, chick lit, gothic etc). This group is also beneficial for writers of other genres looking to weave an element of romance into their narrative…
Scoop is WA’s leading lifestyle magazine. It covers the very best in food and wine, fashion and style, homes and living, art and travel, advertising profiles the best brand names and businesses in the state.
General interest writing group offering support and information to writers of all styles and degrees of experience. We hold the Annual Literary Competition.
The Society of Women Writers WA fosters creative and other writing and encourages members, women in particular, to be active and published writers. Monthly meetings include a guest speaker. The Society has one writers’ retreat per year, holds workshops, weekly creative writing classes and coordinates competitions. A monthly newsletter is circulated to members.
Every week the Spectator Australia is packed with thought-provoking, insightful and engaging political analysis and cultural articles from the best writers in every field, with wit and humour free of any odious political correctness. The result is a magazine that is fabulously fearless, scandalously funny and exhilaratingly honest.
Includes news, articles, reviews, features and advertising.
Swancon was founded in 1975 and is probably Australia’s longest-running science fiction convention. Held in Perth each year, please check the website for updated guests and current dates.
Writing group that believes writing should be fun, and everyone should enjoy the evening, whether reading or listening. From free-form poetry or bush verse, or autobiography or novel, the group can give constructive comments or assist with editing and publishing. Self-publishes an anthology of work submitted by its members each year. Meets Thursday night at 7.30pm for about two hours and provides a light supper.
Western Australia’s longest established predominant daily newspaper. The most well read and highest selling newspaper in Western Australia.
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.