The National Young Writers' Festival is Australia's premier event for emerging writers, publishers, performers and trouble-makers. Several thousand of the country's most challenging and original young minds will descend upon Newcastle for a five day creative bender. Far from the seas of white hair, book signings and celebrity author worship you might expect, the NYWF is a DIY, hands-on conversation between equals.
In 2008, we turn 10! To celebrate a decade of the NYWF, we are currently working hard on a huge 10th anniversary festival, including the first ever full-scale NYWF Anthology. Stay tuned!
The NYWF takes place as part of the This Is Not Art (TiNA) festival, which adds independent musicians, journalists, artists, performers, activists, nerds and lovers-of-ginger-beer to the mix. It's a combination of cutting-edge performances, panels, collaborations, experiments, workshops and parties. It's unique. It's free. You should come and be part of it.
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Fed Square Book Market Relaunch - meet independent melbourne publishers Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Wednesday Jul 2nd, 2008 This Saturday 5th July sees the relaunch of the Federation Square Book Market, featuring a new stall for independent Melbourne publishing. Present will be Torpedo, The Lifted Brow, The Sex Mook (and forthcoming Death Mook), Cherry Fox Press, Cloth Covered Button, Ampersand (once it's printed) and a few others. By present I mean you'll be able to buy those publications and meet the people... >> read more |
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival - call for entries Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Saturday Jun 28th, 2008 The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is a not for profit event established in 2007 by a group of passionate artists and human rights activists who want to make human rights relevant and significant to the broader community. |
John Marsden Award for Young Writers Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Thursday Jun 26th, 2008 Young scribes have until Friday the 15th of August to enter this year's John Marsden Award for Young Writers. Run by Express Media (the publishers of (Voiceworks), and sponsored and judged by the eponymous author John Marsden, the award is open to young writers (under 25) of novels, poems and short stories and has a total prize pool of $4,500. For more information, do not... >> read more |
Newcastle Poetry Prize - entries closing July 4th Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Thursday Jun 19th, 2008 The Newcastle Poetry Prize is Australia's only New Media Poetry Award with a prize value of $2000 and it closes soon on Friday July 4, 2008. |
Sleepers Almanac 5: Submissions open Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Wednesday Jun 11th, 2008 Sleepers is calling for submissions to our fifth anthology of short fiction, cartoons, non-fiction and essays, memoirs, lists, poetry, you name it – if we like it, we’re going to publish it. Emerging and young, established and old, and anywhere in between – all writers are encouraged to submit. We are extra-specially on the lookout for new authors. Be sure to download the cover sheet from... >> read more |
Creativity & Uncertainty - call for papers Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Friday Jun 6th, 2008 CREATIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY |
zine fairs & copy-cards! Author(s): Sonya Gee | Posted: Friday Apr 11th, 2008 Charge up those copy-cards and stock up on staples because it’s zine fair time!! |
Comic Book Funny @ Trades (Melbourne) Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Thursday Apr 10th, 2008 Head to the Melbourne Trades Hall bar this saturday for the last of the Comic Book Funny series ... where your guests are: |
NYWF 10th anniversary Anthology – call for submissions - now open! Author(s): Tom Doig | Posted: Friday Apr 25th, 2008 Dearest Guest-of-NYWF-past! |
Arts Law Week - Sydney Author(s): Nicolas Low | Posted: Tuesday Apr 1st, 2008 It's Arts Law week in Sydney this week, featuring a host of really, really useful free seminars and workshops for artists, arts organisations and other interested people. It's on from 31 March - 5 April at the Rex Centre, Kings Cross. See the attached PDF program for details. >> read more |