Catch up on the latest news from Writers Victoria and the literary sector
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
Give the gift of writing this Christmas and help make someone’s literary dreams come true.
A Writers Victoria membership is a great way to inspire and support your literary loved one all year round.
With memberships starting from just $50 a year, your Secret Santa will receive every edition of The Victorian Writer magazine and get huge discounts on all our courses.
Writers Vic members get a first look at our Season 1 program this week and an opportunity to win a $200 gift voucher from our friends at Embiggen Books.
Our 2017 program has been designed to celebrate the value of words in the world - both through how we recognise the impact of our literary community and by highlighting the different ways that writers can develop their craft (and make a living in the process).
Five aspiring writers from migrant backgrounds have been shortlisted for the 2016 Deborah Cass Prize.
Now in its second year, the prize was established in the memory of Melbourne writer Deborah Cass and aims to support unpublished authors from a migrant background to find a voice and to encourage them to finish and publish their work.
All the winners of our 2016 subscriber-thon have been drawn and the winners notified. We congratulate the winning members on their prizes.
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
For a limited time only, we are offering 20% off the usual rates for our in-house business writing training. This discount will apply to all training that takes place in October to December 2016, so contact us for a quote today.
Over the last weeks, we have begun implementing the final stages of upgrading our database and launching the members-only section of our website.
We have been working hard to ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible, but there are a number of glitches that we are still working out with our developers.
We would like to thank all of our 2016 Subscriber-thon supporters for providing the amazing writerly goodies for our prizes.
This week, we spotlight our friends at Hargreaves Hill, Padre Coffee and Pilot Press.
As Chair of Writers Victoria, I was dismayed by last week’s news that the Federal Government is planning to remove VET FEE Help from the Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing (PWE).
This move is retrograde on a number of levels.
