Pen & Pixel - 18 April 2023
Queensland Writers Centre's weekly newsletter filled with news, events, competitions and opportunities for writers.
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It's a huge week for Queensland Writers Centre! Our team is heading off to Gold Coast Film Festival to deliver our Adaptable Market Day event, putting our shortlisted authors in front of leading producers and screen creatives to pitch their writing. We can't wait to fill you in on all the action from the day.
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State Library of Queensland's Young Writers Award is open for entries! Writers aged 18-25, submit a short story (up to 2,500 words) for a chance at a $2,000 prize, publication in Griffith Review, and a year of Queensland Writers Centre membership.
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Free in-person event
Pop-Up Event with Lori-Jay Ellis
When: 12:30pm, Saturday 15 July
Meet the team and find out what Queensland Writers Centre has in store for you and your writing journey. Free for members!
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Online 3-part course series
Reading To Write with Laurel Cohn
When: Thursday evenings 21 September, 26 October & 23 November (new)
A guided critical reading group for writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction. Book sessions individually or grab a season pass for access to all 3 sessions.
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UQ Alumni Book Fair
When: Friday 28 April - Monday 1 May
Where: UQ Centre, Union Road, St Lucia
Brisbane's longest running book fair, featuring a range of pre-loved books (100,000+), magazines, sheet music, DVDs & CDs, records, and print memorabilia. Raises funds for UQ student scholarships.
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State Library - black&write! Fellowships announcement ceremony
When: 2:45pm, Tuesday 30 May
Where: kuril dhagun, Level 1, State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane
Join State Library for a special award ceremony and afternoon tea to welcome the two newest black&write! Fellows, and hear new work from First Nations writers.
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Need a space to write? Don't forget that Writing Friday groups are active in more than 25 locations across Queensland, all here to support you and help you get words on the page.
Here's just a few of our friendly groups looking for new members:
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Mareeba Library
10:30am-2:00pm, second Thursday of every month
Maleny Library
12:00pm-3:00pm, every Friday
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Hervey Bay Library
12:00pm-4:00pm, every Monday
See more locations here...
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C T Mitchell has just released The President’s Men, the first book of the Detective Jack New York series.
Margaret Atkin has published the memoir Frigate Birds: Forty Years With the Solomons.
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Pamela Rushby's new middle-grade historical fantasy novel The Mud Puddlers has been published by Walker Books, and was launched at a Brisbane event in April.
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Share your writing achievements with our community! Submit your Member Milestone using the submissions form. |
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As part of the Investing in Queensland Women fund, we're running a special Right Left Write competition dedicated to Queensland women and girls. Our April prompt is My Story, My Voice.
Submit your stories of Queensland women, fiction or non-fiction, any genre. Entries up to 750 words in length are welcomed from all writers.
Closes 30 April - submit here.
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Publishable - manuscript development program
Closes: 9 May
Queensland Writers Centre’s national Publishable program for emerging writers is now calling for submissions of unpublished manuscripts across a broad range of genres and formats. There are just three weeks to go!
Opportunities for feedback and development are available for all applicants, including a complimentary workshop tailored to the year’s cohort of applications – all helping you progress your manuscript closer to publication.
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A Tree Full Of Crows anthology - submissions
Closes: 30 April
Seeking short stories (up to 6,000 words) and poems, any genre, for an anthology themed around crows - literal or figurative.
Furphy Literary Award - Open Short Story Competition
Closes: 30 April
Annual award for a prose work of storytelling, fiction or non-fiction, up to 5,000 words. Current theme is Australian Life in all its diversity. First prize $15,000, second prize $3,000, third prize $2,000; publication of selected works in annual edition.
Island 168 - fiction & poetry submissions
Closes: 8 May (fiction), 15 May (non-fiction)
Island magazine is currently open for submissions of short fiction and poetry (all forms) for potential publication in print in July 2023.
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Sudden Writing Prize
Closes: 28 June
AAWP and Voiceworks (Express Media) invite submissions of "Sudden Writing": short-short fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative non-fiction, poetry, and hybrid forms - from authors under 25 years.
Up to 400 words prose, 40 lines for poetry, 200 words for prose poems, or equivalent. Winner receives $500.
Boroondara Literary Award - Open Short Story Competition
Closes: 30 June
Open to Victorian residents. Submit a short story of between 1,500 - 3,000 words. First prize $1,500, second prize $1,000, third prize $500.
The Richell Prize for Emerging Writers
Closes: 7 July
Manuscript prize; entries open to unpublished writers of adult fiction and adult narrative non-fiction. Manuscripts may be incomplete at time of submission; submit the first three chapters, plus synopsis.
Winner receives $10,000, a year’s mentoring with a Hachette Australia publisher, and is considered for publication.
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Get your manuscripts in the best shape possible for submission, with Queensland Writers Centre services including manuscript assessments, the Writer's Surgery program and more, all of which pair you with professionals in your area to help you elevate your work.
Writers who undertake services see improved outcomes across competitions, publication opportunities and more. Applications are open now.
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Thanks to Allen & Unwin, we have copies to give away of A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor.
"A pacey and action-packed time-slip adventure that carries step-siblings Felix and Zoe back to Ancient Roman times - and also, accidentally, drags a Roman girl into the present."
Fill in the entry form for your chance to win. Only winners will be notified.
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