Pen & Pixel - 16 May 2023
Queensland Writers Centre's weekly newsletter filled with news, events, competitions and opportunities for writers.
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In this week's Pen & Pixel, in anticipation of Queensland Writers Centre's Flinthart residency opening for applications at the end of this month, we look back to inaugural Flinthart recipient Jake Corvus' experience writing at the Centre. You can read more of his story below.
The Flinthart Residency was established in 2020 in honour of member Aiki Flinthart. One writer annually is given the chance to spend 10 weeks working full-time on their next project at a dedicated space in the Queensland Writers Centre offices, with the support of a 5-hr mentorship and stipend. Find out more and join the expressions of interest list, or make a donation to help us support writers and continue Aiki's legacy.
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Our favourite books are the ones that make us feel deeply. The ones that invoke a passion in us, a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging. The moments we remember in our lives are the ones alive with intense emotion, good and bad, but the mundane pales away.
This residency has been a vivid tapestry of moments ... read more...
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Featured workshops on our Program of Events...
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In-person course
The Next Draft with Laurel Cohn
When: 10:30am, three Saturdays from 2 September
Join established editor, Laurel Cohn, as she guides you through a structural edit of your work-in-progress. Laurel takes participants through her five-step approach to structural editing, providing strategies and tools to facilitate the process, and exploring the challenging inner terrain that underlies critical engagement with your own work.
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Book Links - Narelle Oliver Lecture 2023
When: 7:00pm, Wednesday 24 May
Where: St Aidan's Anglican Girls School, Ruthven St, Corinda
Presented by The Australian Children’s Laureate, Gabrielle Wang, this lecture on imagination, art, school libraries and diversity in children’s literature is for teachers, teacher-librarians, parents and adults with an interest in children’s literature.
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ScratchThat - launch event & exhibition
When: 6:00pm, Friday 2 June
Where: VENTspace, Glenelg St, South Brisbane
ScratchThat – the arts and culture magazine for emerging artists produced by QUT students – are launching their fourth print edition. Featuring an art exhibition, live music and readings, this event is an opportunity to mingle with fellow creatives and support local artists.
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Hazel Barker has been invited to participate in the panel Overcoming Adversity Through Writing alongside Deborah Mulligan, Karen Farrell and Tess Merlin at Logan Writers Festival.
Elizabeth Klein is the editor of the newly published anthology A Glimmer of Uncommon Fairy Tales, a collection of unknown, untold and retold stories for fairy tale lovers.
Eleanor Sharman's crime noir short story Battle Axe has been republished in print in The Dark City Magazine. The piece also inspired the front cover illustration.
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Dr Judy Gregory is working as project manager, author liaison, and supporting copy editor in The University of Queensland’s First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Team on the book Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer (forthcoming 2024, Springer Nature).
Jan-Andrew Henderson's new writing guide Let's Write a Page Turner! The Ultimate Instruction Manual for Writers will be published in June.
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Share your writing achievements with our community! Submit your Member Milestone using the submissions form. |
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Our genre prompt for the month of May is Surrealism. Show us your best short writing - immerse yourself in the theme, experiment, play or subvert expectations!
Submissions of short work (max. 500 words) close 31 May - submit here.
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Blak&Bright First Nations Literary Festival - Write About Your Elder
Closes: 20 May
Seeking short written pieces, 50 words or less, on this year's NAIDOC theme of For Our Elders. Selected pieces will be displayed at a NAIDOC event at Melbourne's The Wheeler Centre.
David Harold Tribe Poetry Award
Closes: 29 May
Presented by the Discipline of English at the University of Sydney, this award offers $20,000 for an original unpublished poem on any theme, up to 100 lines. Judged by Toby Fitch, John Kinsella and Ellen Van Neerven.
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild - anthology submissions
Closes: 31 May
Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild is seeking submissions of speculative fiction - including poetry (max. 40 lines) and prose (up to 5,000 words) - for their new anthology, on the theme of Body Of Work.
New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition
Closes: 31 May
Adult competition is open for submissions across two categories, open verse (up to 32 lines) and haiku. Cash prizes offered, with all entries considered for publication in an anthology edition.
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RD Walshe Memorial Writing for the Environment Prize
Closes: 30 June
National competition accepting entries of fiction and prose up to 800 words, considering elements related to the environment and broader sustainability concepts, and on the theme of future, what future? Three age categories: under 19 years, 19-26 years, over 60. First prize $500.
ACU Prize for Poetry
Closes: 3 July
Submit original poems up to 60 lines in length. First prize $10,000, second prize $5,000, third prize $3,000. The 2023 theme is Love.
Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Writing Competition
Closes: 1 August
Seeking stories up to 1,000 words, with "powerful beginnings, rising tension, and a climax that resonates", on the theme of Detour. First prize is $250, with Queensland Writers Centre memberships for up to 3 winners. Top 40 stories will be published in an anthology.
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Thanks to Allen & Unwin, we have copies to give away of Echo Lake by Joan Sauers.
"A compulsive debut thriller that will haunt you long after you've turned the final page."
Fill in the entry form for your chance to win. Only winners will be notified.
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