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Recipients of The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, Round 7

Tuesday, 7 June 2022 Tuesday, 8 November 2022
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By: marketing

Writers Victoria, with the support of The Myer Foundation, is delighted to announce the recipients of Round 7 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The judges for this round were author Ronnie Gorrie, writer and editor Radhiah Chowdhury, and publisher and previous Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipient Arwen Summers. The judges were impressed with the …

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An introduction to the 2022 Season 2 Program from our program manager, Anna Kate Blair

Wednesday, 1 June 2022 Wednesday, 1 June 2022
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By: Anna Kate Blair

I started daydreaming about the Season 2 program before I started working at Writers Victoria, before I knew that our theme for this year was Glimmer. It feels appropriate, though, because my experience of the past few months, putting this program together, has been one of bright sequins twinkling on the horizon. I feel extremely …

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Round Seven of The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Opens for Applications

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 Tuesday, 15 March 2022
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By: marketing

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.

Naomi Parry Duncan wins the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 Monday, 7 March 2022
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By: Writers Victoria and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

On Wednesday 2 March, at the Wheeler Centre Melbourne, Naomi Parry Duncan was announced as the winner of the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, for her proposal telling the story of Gai-mariagal man Musquito, who was hanged in Tasmania in 1825. Musquito, originally from Port Jackson, was a resistance fighter who was exiled to Norfolk …

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2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship Shortlist Announced

Thursday, 13 January 2022 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Writers Victoria

Ten writers have been shortlisted for the 2022 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, now worth $20,000. ‘We had an extremely strong field of applications this year, with a wide range of biographical subjects. This made the shortlisting hard,’ said Della Rowley, Hazel’s sister. ‘We received a large number of high-quality proposals. Perhaps as a result of …

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A message from Program Manager Kate Cuthbert on the 2022 Season 1 Program

Wednesday, 1 December 2021 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Kate Cuthbert

To start the flow of creative juices for this introductory piece to the Writers Victoria 2022 Program, I went back to the end of 2020 to see what words of wisdom I’d had for the beginning of 2021. Conclusively proving I haven’t a prescient bone in my body, I wrote of eased restrictions and falling …

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Bryant Apolonio wins the 2021 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing

Thursday, 18 November 2021 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Writers Victoria

At an online awards ceremony held last night, 17 November, the 2021 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing was awarded to Bryant Apolonio for his story ‘Independencia’. Apolonio, a Filipino-Australian writer and lawyer living on Larrakia Land (also known as Darwin), was chosen as the winner of the Prize from a shortlist of nine writers. Bryant receives $3,000 and a mentorship …

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Introducing the City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence

Monday, 1 November 2021 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Writers Victoria

This November we are welcoming ten writers from across the UNESCO City of Literature network to Melbourne! From poets to playwrights, this program, run by the Melbourne City of Literature office, will introduce Melbourne’s vibrant and varied literary community to writers across the world. Residents will be working with Melbourne literary organisations, ranging from the largest of our literary …

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The 2021 Deborah Cass Prize Shortlist

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Writers Victoria

The Deborah Cass Prize and Writers Victoria are pleased to announce that nine writers have been shortlisted for the seventh annual Deborah Cass Prize. The prize is focussed on development and provides $3,000 and a mentorship to an unpublished writer, who has either migrated to Australia or has a parent who migrated here. Dan …

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The 2021 Grace Marion Wilson Writeability Fellowships Announced

Monday, 25 October 2021 Tuesday, 22 February 2022
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By: Writers Victoria

Writers Victoria is excited to announce our 2021 Writeability Fellows. Since 2013, thanks to the support of the Grace Marion Wilson Trust, we have recognised outstanding writers with disability annually as part of the Writeability Fellowship Program. In 2021 we are grateful to the Grace Marion Wilson Trust and an anonymous donor for their contributions, allowing us to continue our …

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