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24/07/2010
2010 Creatix Poetry and Haiku prizes! Prizes will be awarded
for poetry and haiku from the 7th to 10th issue inclusive. Winners will
be announced on Friday the 27th of August at City Farm. Submissions for
issue 10 close on the 31st of July. Click here for
more details.
To celebrate National Poetry Week and the WA
Spring Poetry Festival, the KSP Writers’ Centre is inviting
contributions of poetry for its annual Poetry Wall. For more information
check out our Competitions
page.
As part of the WA Spring Poetry Festival, WA
Poets are hosting the Words Alive Poetry Competition. Download entry
form and submission guidelines
here or check out the Festival
page.
The Poet's Union is hosting the Australian
Poetry Festival on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of September. Visit their
website for
more information.
19/07/2010
Our Festival Program is up! Check it out the Festivals Page.
Interested in the Poetry Wall? Venues and dates are also up on the
festivals page.
We also have new competitions on our competitions page
including the WA Poets Inc Songwriting Contest and the WA Poets Inc
Words Alive Contest! Get in quick because the deadlines loom!
Coming soon: Workshops Page. If you are interested in workshops
check out some of our older news!
Perth Writers Festival
Assistant Sought. The Perth International Arts Festival seeking a
literary, enthusiastic and diligent individual to assist the Program
Manager: Perth Writers Festival for the 2011 Festival. Appointment 2 Aug
2010–8 April 2011 (10 weeks @ 3days/ week, 25 weeks fulltime). Closes
Fri 23 July 5pm. Download application details here.
Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize 2010:
Submissions for this annual prize, run
by Island magazine, are now open. For a
single poem or suite of linked poems up to 80 lines. First Prize: $2000
plus three minor prizes of $300 each. Island will publish the winning poems
at the minimum rate of $100 per poem. Deadline 13 September. For
details/entry form, click here.
Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry
Prize: This competition, which was run for
many years by Ballarat Writers, has been relaunched in 2010 and is
calling for submissions of poems up to 40 lines. $1,000 prize; judged by
Judith Rodriguez. $10 entry. Open to Australian and international
writers. Closing date October 15. Guidelines/entry details
available here.
2011 Asialink Residencies Applications Open: Be
part of Australia's largest international arts residency program. Grants
of up to $12,000 go towards travel, living and project expenses, and
afford recipients a unique opportunity for international cultural
exchange, in-depth research and sustained time on creative work. Closes
3 Sept. Details/application forms available here
14/07/2010

Alongside Silence: A multimedia presentation of the contemporary
Haiga and Haiku of Maureen Sexton and Amanda Joy. Sunday the 25th of
July, 7 - 10pm at The Fringe Gallery. Open mic spots available. For
further details contact Terry Farrell on 0412 911 562.
Three hour play writing workshop by Alex Broun on "How to Write a Ten
Minute Play." Presented by FAWWA at Tom Collins House on Saturday 25th
July, 1.30 - 4.30pm. To book email admin@fawwa.org.au or call
9384 4771
At The Perth Poetry Club this week, Saturday 17th July: Rose Van Son
and Rob Greenwood. 2 - 4pm at The Moon Cafe, Northbridge. Open Mic spots
available. 24th of July: Kate Wilson.
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