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The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund: Round 5 Recipients Announced


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By: Writers Victoria and The Myer Foundation

Writers Victoria, with the support of The Myer Foundation, is delighted to announce the recipients of Round 5 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. We received 99 applications, requesting a total of $540,191 in grant money. This round’s judges were writer Eugen Bacon, publisher Kirstie Innes-Will from Black Inc., and podcaster Astrid Edwards. They were […]

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2019 Write-ability Fellows Announced


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By: Writers Victoria

Writers Victoria is excited to announce the 2019 Write-ability Fellows. Five writers with disability will receive tailored support for their writing project in the form of mentoring, manuscript assessment and/or attendance at Writers Victoria workshops, thanks to the generous support of the Grace Marion Wilson Trust. This year, a record number of applications for Write-ability

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Announcing the winners of the 2019 Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition


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By: Writers Victoria and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust

Writers Victoria is delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. Now in its eleventh year, the prize supports emerging Victorian writers. Fiction “Reading the fiction entries to the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition has been a privilege and a pleasure,” said Enza Gandolfo, judge of the Fiction

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Rural and Regional Only Connect Digital Writer in Residence Announced


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By: Writers Victoria

Writers Victoria is so pleased to announce the recipient of our Only Connect Digital Writer Residency for Carers: Regional and Rural Writers for 2019.  Bel Woods is a Victorian writer, residing in Ballarat. She enjoys both contemporary and lyrical literary fiction, especially the exploration of female characters within these contexts. She is currently a WoMentoring

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Publishability Fellows for 2019 announced


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By: Jax Jacki Brown

Writers Victoria is thrilled to announce that Heidi Everett and Jessica Walton will be the 2019 Publishability Fellows. Heidi will be using 12-month fellowship to work on her memoir ‘My Friend Fox’ about her experience of schizoaffective disorder. Jessica Walton will be penning a collection of poems on disability and dance tilted ‘Crip the Light Fantastic’.

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The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund: Round 4 Recipients Announced


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By: Writers Victoria and The Myer Foundation

Round 4 of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund received 111 applications, requesting a total of $559,410 in grant money. This round’s judges were writer Roanna Gonsalves, Aviva Tuffield from University of Queensland Press, and Jackie Tang from Readings. They were impressed with the overall quality of the applications in what was a competitive round, awarding

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Hazel Rowley Fellow launches her biography with Scribe


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By: Writers Victoria and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

Writers Victoria and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship are delighted to announce that Mary Hoban’s biography ‘An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold’ has just been published by Scribe. The book was launched by Ellen Koshland on 3 April at Avenue Bookstore, Melbourne, and is now available in bookshops. Mary was the inaugural winner of the Hazel Rowley

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Eleanor Hogan wins the 2019 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship


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By: Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

On Monday 4 March, in front of a large audience at Adelaide Writers’ Week, author and academic Eleanor Hogan was announced as winner of the 2019 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates. The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship will provide $15,000 to support Eleanor Hogan’s winning project, ‘Into

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2019 Hazel Rowley Fellowship shortlist announced


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By: Writers Victoria and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship

Eight Australian writers have been shortlisted for the 2019 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship worth $15,000.   The Fellowship, now in its eighth year, has attracted a field of high-quality proposals from biographers across Australia. “I’m so encouraged by the range and quality of the proposals we received,” said Della Rowley, sister of biographer Hazel Rowley.

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