It’s with great pleasure that we’d like to introduce our Regional Digital Resident, Emma Andrews. Emma started her residency this week and will be with us until mid-September. In that time, she’ll produce Q&As with five of our tutors. She’ll also write a piece of fiction, which we’ll publish on the website in September. For Emma, the
Introducing our new digital resident: Emma Andrews Read More »
Ahead of her Writers Victoria workshop, Heather Taylor Johnson discusses with Program Manager Gabriella Munoz her experiences of representing the body in flux, experimenting with structure and legitimising women’s issues through discussion and writing. Heather’s recently released poetry collection is I Lost Someone Then Found Them in My Body, where she discusses among other things her experience of perimenopause. Her work has
On Writing the Body in Flux: A Q&A with Heather Taylor Johnson Read More »
On Wednesday 11 March, in front of a large audience at State Library Victoria, Jennifer Martin was announced as winner of the 2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Jennifer Martin was awarded $20,000 for her proposed biography of Australian journalist Eva Sommer. In 1956, at the age of 22, Eva Sommer beat a field of experienced
Jennifer Martin Wins The 2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship Read More »
Ahead of her workshop at Writers Victoria on the 15th March, Jennifer Compton answered a few questions about her writing process, recent work and the poetry scene. Jennifer Compton has been in the poetry game for a very long time, indeed ever since she sold her first poem at the age of 14 for five pounds seven shillings
Jennifer Compton on the poetic journey Read More »
Ahead of their Writers Victoria workshop, Caitlin McGregor tells us what drove them to exploring weird writing and how ‘the weird’ can help us push limits, play with genre and reading more widely. Cailtin is an award-winning writer and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, where they also teache creative writing. Their work has been published in a range of places, including Kill Your Darlings, Meanjin, Overland, Australian Book Review, Sydney
Caitlin McGregor on pushing the limits of creative non-fiction Read More »
Empowering regional voices through mentorship and publication Writers Victoria is proud to announce that submissions are now open for our Digital Professional Development in Residence program for regional writers, generously supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Fund. Overview This three-month professional development residency will allow emerging writers to sharpen their craft and build their public profile. The successful resident will receive: Resident Commitments As part
Digital Professional Development Residency for Regional Writers Read More »
Writers Victoria, with the generous support of the Myer Fund, are happy to open applications for the seventh round of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The travel fund is open to emerging, midcareer and established Australian writers and literary sector workers. This includes writers, editors, agents, publishers, librarians, booksellers, employees and associates of literary organisations and journals, and other literary professionals currently living in Australia. Applicants can apply for grants between $2,000 to $10,000.
Apply Now: Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Round 14 Read More »
Nine Australian writers have been shortlisted for the 2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000. ‘We had a record number of applications in this our fifteenth and final year. We had such a high calibre of proposals and diversity of intriguing subjects, which allowed us to select an outstanding shortlist,’ said Della Rowley, sister of
2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship shortlist announced Read More »
We’re thrilled to announce Julia Faragher and Mark Bretherton as the winners of the inaugural Writers Victoria & Edenhope Artist Residency. Julia and Mark are the first two Writers Victoria members supported with time and space to write via this residency, which is kindly supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust Fund. They’ll spend two
Residency Recipients Announced: Writers Victoria & Edenhope Artist Residency Read More »
It is with some sadness, but also with enormous pride in our achievement, that we announce that the 2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship will be the last. The Fellowship has been running for the past 14 years, since Hazel died in March 2011. It was created to honour Hazel as a skilled biographer and to
Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship: Final Year Read More »
