By Emily S. Smith You want to be an author? Fantastic! You are in great company: Jane Austen, Stephen King, J.K Rowling … all talented writers. But they all had to begin somewhere, right? I’m Emily S. Smith. I’ve self-published two picture books, had two picture books published by a traditional publisher (Larrikin House), and I have another picture book due for release
The Self-Publishing workshop was held recently and well attended by members. Graham Davidson taught us various tips when publishing our work, such as to use Ingram Spark (digital printing) for words, but offset printing for photos, and to use cream paper as white paper is a give-away that the work
The Grieve competition is currently open for the 9th year and we are thrilled our sponsors have returned. We receive entries from all over Australia and we are always pleased to receive feedback from entrants who read the anthologies or have their work published in them… Here’s what they have
Here are the accomplishments by the HWC Speculative Writers (HWC Story Hunters) in 2020: J.A.Haigh’s short story ’Trace a Circle’ was published in Midnight Echo Magazine #15 – She was also interviewed on Lee Murray’s blog for the author showcase. Suzy Shearer Parkes had two books published (both contemporary romances)
Here are the accomplishments by the poets of Hunter Writers Centre in 2020: Gillian Telford’s poetry accomplishments in 2020: Her poem ‘Ars Gratia Artis’ was published in I Protest, Poems of Dissent, Ginninderra Press; ‘More than a Thousand Pieces’ in Grieve 2020 anthology. Her ‘pocket’ collection Midnight Lexicon, Selected Poems 2016-2020,
Here are the accomplishments by the prose writers of HWC in 2020: Bronwyn MacRitchie published her memoir, Pixie Dust, in May and was a recent finalist in the Newcastle Herald Short Story Competition. In January, Phil Williams won a Very Highly Commended award for his short story in the Port
Here are the accomplishments of writers of children’s books in 2020: Katrina McKelvey’s fourth and fifth picture books were released this year. She has also been editing her four education titles due out in 2021 with Macmillan Education UK. Sharon Boyce’s debut picture book ‘There’s a Shark in the Loo’
Graham Davidson founded and directed the inaugural IF Maitland Writers Festival in 2020 featuring 47 events across 6 venues. Nigel George published his computer textbook ‘Mastering Django’. Kate Griffith won the Affirm Press Mentorship Award, including a week at Varuna writing with their team.
Different Voices: new and emerging writers – blog by Susan Francis My relationship with Newcastle, the city of my birth, was always problematic. Years were spent away from the place. And now? Well, I have to admit, hand over my heart, I’m in love with it. I discover myself residing in
SpecFic for Fun and Profit I’ve never bought into the genre writing vs. literary writing argument, because it doesn’t take too much research to find out which side makes most of the money. You can’t eat accolades after all. If you want to make a living from your writing, you
August is Grief Awareness month in Australia. Hunter Writers Centre holds an annual writing competition in honour of this month. The print and e-anthology (click to purchase) features over 100 works but here are the 22 prizewinning pieces read with captions. Choose to watch individual pieces read with captions here
We are thrilled to announce the authors selected to be published in the 2018 Newcastle Short Story Award anthology. Join us at the prize ceremony to find out which of these authors (listed below) will win the prize pool valued at over $7000. Hear the judge, author Ryan O’Neill,
Hunter Writers Centre funded the publication of the HWC poetry group’s series of poems that pay tribute to Margaret Olley. Olley was an iconic figure in Australian art whose main focus on landscapes and interiors turned everyday objects and scenes into bursts of colour. As the model for one of
The Grieve writing competition opens every year on Valentine’s Day – you know the measure of your love by the weight of your loss. Grief is the human response to change and loss in our lives, such as the death of someone we love. It is a natural and normal
Wish Upon a Southern Star is an anthology of re-told fairy tales for a YA audience. The work of 21 authors from Australia and New Zealand was chosen, including HWC member Graham Davidson’s 10,000 word story, The Tale of Krinkle-myst, Cinderella and the Prince: The True Cinderella Story. The re-telling
Mark your diaries for Friday 6th April at 5.30pm – the eve of the Newcastle Writers Festival – to hear competition judge, Ryan O’Neill, discuss short story writing and his experience judging the competition. Following this live chat, we will announce the prizes: $3000 – first prize (University of Newcastle);
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