Welcome to this year’s Subscriberthon – our annual member drive where you have the chance to win an incredible writerly prize just for becoming a member or renewing your membership!
Support us by becoming a member or renewing your membership during October, and in return you’ll go in the draw to win one of our fabulous Subscriberthon prizes.
Why do we run Subscriberthon every year? Writers Victoria is a not-for-profit organisation that relies on memberships to provide our services. A member drive is an important part of our annual calendar. We love connecting with local writers, businesses, publishers and organisations to bring you an exciting array of prizes, and to be able to let you know about their excellent work and services.
When you become a member of Writers Victoria, you’re not only becoming part of our vibrant and engaged community, you’re helping our staff, tutors and partners create and deliver our courses, our manuscript and mentorship services, our member magazine The Victorian Writer, new and important content for our website, and so much more – read about our member benefits here. If you’ve ever benefitted from our services or advice – or are looking to do so in the future – please consider supporting us by becoming a member.
We are Victoria’s peak body for writers and storytellers, and we love the work we do. We’ve been a leading provider of information, resources, skill development and support for our members and the broader writing community for over thirty years, and we’re the largest employer of writers in the state. We’re so proud of the work that everyone involved with Writers Victoria does, and hope to continue providing writers with the support and community they need to keep doing what they love.
Read on below to find out about the various prizes you can win during our October Subscriberthon and our generous prize donors, and help us continue to support writers by becoming a member or renewing your membership during October.
2023 Subscriberthon Prize Winners
This year’s Subscriberthon boasted more opportunities to win than ever before. With incredible prizes offered from our partnership organisations including books, merchandise, writing retreats, tickets, experiences and much more. We are excited to celebrate the 14 lucky winners:
#1 A Room of Your Own: Meghalee B
#2 A Room of Your Own: Gitsi M
#3 The Year You Finish Your Book: Taj B
#4 The Year You Finish Your Book: Derek D
#5 The Iron Chef: Shu-Ling C
#6 A Night to Remember: Ronia I
#7 Time to Unwind: Yaseera M
#8 Pitch Ready: Taylan C
#9 A Year of Fresh Voices: Moshidi M
#10 Reading Time: CB M
#11 Dreamscape: Phoebe N
#12 Saturday Night at the Movies: Maddy O
#13 Just Books: Sarah L
#14 Best of Stella: Nicky Z
2023 Subscriberthon Prizes
Major Prizes
A Room of Your Own
Prize #1 (metro)
Escape to a peaceful, self-contained Garden Studio Apartment in Castlemaine and take the time and space you need to write! Spend four nights (check in Monday, check out Friday) at the retreat overlooking Forrest Creek and only a short walk from town. (Prize includes accommodation only.)
If you’re more in the mood for relaxing and reading, we have you covered!
Winners will also receive a book pack from our friends at Transit Lounge or Pantera Press.
A Room of Your Own
Prize #2 (regional)
Escape to a peaceful, self-contained Garden Studio Apartment in Castlemaine and take the time and space you need to write! Spend four nights (check in Monday, check out Friday) at the retreat overlooking Forrest Creek and only a short walk from town. (Prize includes accommodation only.)
If you’re more in the mood for relaxing and reading, we have you covered!
Winners will also receive a book pack from our friends at Transit Lounge or Pantera Press.
The Year You Finish Your Book
Prize #3 (metro)
- $150 voucher towards a Writers Victoria workshop or service, including mentorships and manuscript assessments (excludes online feedback clinics).
- $100 Readings voucher
- 4 recent issues of The Victorian Writer
- Book pack from Pantera Press:
- Snapshots from Home by Sasha Wasley
- The Prize by Kim E. Anderson
- Gigorou by Sasha Kutabah Sarago
- The Secret Life of You by Kerri Sackville
- After the Smoke Clears by Kylie Kaden.
Prize #4 (regional)
- $150 voucher towards a Writers Victoria workshop or service, including mentorships and manuscript assessments (excludes online feedback clinics).
- $100 Paperback Bookshop voucher
- 4 recent issues of The Victorian Writer
- Book pack from Hardie Grant:
- Acquacotta by Emiko Davies
- 52 Weeks of Scarves (Hardie Grant Anthology)
- Wild Meat by Ross O’Meara
- Be Here Now by Meredith Gaston Masnata
- Wild Life by Anna Carlile
- Cassoulet Confessions by Sylvie Bigar.
MEMBER’S CORNER PRIZES
Prize #5: THE IRON CHEF
- Gnocchi feast for two people at The Moat
- Recent issues of Tart magazine
- Issue 2 of Colournary magazine
- A flower bouquet from Gather Flower Farm
- Book pack from our friends at Hardie Grant:
- A Joyful Life by Rosemary Kariuki
- Anxious Girls Do It Better by Bunny Banyai
- The Silence Between Us by Ocean Campbell and Cecile Barral
- You’ll be a wonderful parent by Jasper Peach
- Life After Birth by Jessica Prescott and Vaughne Geary
- Provocateur: A life of ideas in action by Clive Hamilton
- In my nature by Tanja B. Linde
Prize #6: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
- Enjoy a gnocchi feast for two people at The Moat
- A gorgeous clutch bag from Casa Bonita
- An annual membership to the Melbourne Athenaeum Library
- Book pack from Ultimo Press:
- The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
- When We Fall by Aoife Clifford
- The God of No Good by Sita Walker
- The Scope of Permissibility by Zeynab Gamieldien
- Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
- This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham
Prize #7: TIME TO UNWIND
- Aesop gift pack
- Two tickets to Lido Cinema
- Annual membership to Heide Museum of Modern Art
- An annual subscription to Australian Poetry Journal
- Best of Australian Poetry 2021
- Best of Australian Poetry 2022
- Best of Australian Poetry 2023
- Book pack from Affirm Press:
- Burn by Melanie Saward
- Bite Back by Hannah Ferguson
- Funny Things by Shirley Le
- Songs for the Dead and the Living by Sara M. Saleh
- Broke by Sam Drummond
- The Year My Family Unravelled by Cynthia Dearborn
Prize #8: PITCH READY
- Four recent issues of Voiceworks
- An annual subscription to Kill Your Darlings
- Latest issue of Verandah magazine
- An annual subscription (print and online) to Meanjin
- An annual subscription to Griffith Review
- An annual subscription to Overland
- Free upgrade to print membership The Victorian Writer
- $50 Readings voucher
- Kill Your Darlings’ New Australian Fiction 2023
Prize #9: A YEAR OF FRESH VOICES
- Enjoy a gnocchi feast for two at The Moat
- A year of fresh voices book pack from Penguin:
- A Real Piece of Work by Erin Riley
- Lenny Marks gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
- The Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire van Ryn
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
- But the Girl by Jessica Zhan Mei Yu
- Anam by André Dao
- Notes on Her Colour by Jennifer Neal
Prize #10: READING TIME
- Enjoy a gnocchi feast for 2 at The Moat
- Two tickets to the CHAGALL exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia
- Book pack from Simon and Schuster:
- Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls by Anne Casey-Hardy
- Women I Know by Katerina Gibson
- Hold your Fire by Chloe Wilson
- Fed to Red Birds by Rijn Collins
- Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper
Prize #11: DREAMSCAPE
- Two tickets for the CHAGALL exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia
- Book pack from Upswell Publishing:
- The Book of Falling by David McCooey
- Anxious in a Sweet Store by Anna Jacobson
- You Do You by Sam Morley
- A Treatment by Ann Sherfield
- Like to the Lark by Stuart Barnes
Prize #12: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
- Two tickets to Lido Cinema
- Book pack from UQP by Melissa Lucashenko:
- Edenglassie
- Hard Yards
- Killing Darcy
- Mullumbimby
- Too Much Lip
- Book pack from Grattan Street Press:
- This is Us Now by Jacinta Dietrich
- Love and Other Rituals by Monica Macansantos
- Uncontained by Robert Hassan
Prize #13: JUST BOOKS
- Book pack from Scribe including 5 new titles.
- Book pack from New South:
- Moon Sugar by Angela Meyer
- The Terrible Event by David Cohen
- Underground Lovers by Alison Pouliot
- Dark Winter by Raina MacIntyre
Prize #14: BEST OF STELLA
- A Noisy Ritual wine pack
- Stella Prize tote bag
- Best of the Stella Prize book pack:
- Drop Bear by Evelyn Araluen
- The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
- The Erratics by Vicki Laveau-Harvie
- The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright
- Blueberries by Ellena Savage
- Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
PLUS a weekly book pack prize, featuring:
- Green Dot by Madeleine Gray (Allen & Unwin)
- She is the Earth by Alli Cobby Eckerman (Magabala Books)
2023 Subscriberthon Donors & Supporters
Writers Victoria would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the businesses and organisations that have supported our 2023 Subscriberthon. Without them we could not bring you the fabulous prize packs we have on offer, and we’re so grateful for their ongoing support. Visit them online now to find out more about their excellent services and products.
