The 2008 National Young Writers' Festival takes place from October 2 - October 6 in Newcastle, NSW. It's our 10th anniversary - put it in your diaries now! >> read more

The NYWF is on the lookout for an exciting, energetic and innovative lad/lady to fill the role of Artist Logistics Coordinator...If your interests include art, people, and organising things, then this could be your dream job!

The Artist Logistics Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and keeping track of all the artists’ arrival and departure information, accommodation and whereabouts during the festival. This involves building good relationships with 50+ artists and ensuring that the accommodation and transport logistics of the festival are seamless so the artists are free to concentrate on their performances. The Artist Logistics Coordinator is also responsible for the collection of the artists’ bios and technical requirements. As the key contact point between the festival and its artists, it is vital for the Artist Logistics Coordinator to maintain and strengthen these important community relationships. This is also a chance to meet and hang out with some of the country’s most exciting writers!

The position involves one-two days work per week. The successful applicant will also be available from 30 September-7 October for the duration of the festival. Your hard work will be paid for with love, amazing references, kick-ass experience, travel to and from Newcastle and accommodation for the festival duration!

Applications close Friday 2nd May. Please send your resume and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience to Ella Holcombe, Volunteers Coordinator, at ella@nywf.org.au.

  
Artist_Logistics_Coordinator_PD.pdf

Dearest Guest-of-NYWF-past!

2008 is the decennial year of the National Young Writers' Festival.

To make our tenth birthday party the bestest ever, the folk at the NYWF have decided to put something extra special in the lolly-bags. That sherbert-dusted item is a celebratory anthology - to be published by Affirm Press, a hot new Melbourne publishing initiative!

We are asking guests who have graced the Festival's stages over the past decade to submit a piece of their work from some point in those years. It could be your best piece of writing, your personal favourite, the most controversial or the most out-of-character work from the last decade. The piece can be previously published, as long as you retain copyright.

Already confirmed contributors include Linda Jaivin, Mark Davis, Lally Katz, John Birmingham, Kate Crawford, Leigh Redhead and Nick Earls.

If you are interested in the possibility of having your name immortalised in honour of this happy occasion, you must get cracking! Submissions close Monday, 5th May.

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SUBMISSION GUIDLEINES
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Please submit
• your best / favourite piece of work from the past decade. It doesn’t have to be your usual fare – if you like, send us something unexpected, in the spirit of the National Young Writers’ Festival
• the work can be previously published, as long as you retain copyright. List previous publication details, and other relevant details (prizes won, funding received to produce the piece of work, etc)

Word count
• prose / non-fiction: up to 6,000 words (self-contained works, not extracts of longer pieces)
• poetry: up to 300 lines (can be a series of poems)
• illustrations / graphic art: up to four pages

OPTIONAL
• include a short (300-400 word) reminiscence about your best / worst / strangest NYWF experience. There have been hijinx a-plenty over the past decade: now we can share with the strangeness with a wider audience!

Technical specs
• submit your work as a .doc or .rtf file, double-spaced, 12 point font
• Images: 300dpi, 200mm wide / 250 mm high

Please include
• a short bio note (up to 50 words)
• contact phone number
• back-up phone number
• a note indicating which year(s) you attended the festival and how you were involved (organiser, panellist, performer etc)

NOTE: BECAUSE THIS IS A ONE-OFF ANTHOLOGY OF PAST FESTIVAL GUESTS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A PREVIOUS PARTICIPANT TO SUBMIT WORK. THANKS!

Email submissions and questions to: nywfchair@gmail.com

Deadline for submissions: Monday 5th May

! we look forward to receiving your work !

link:
www.affirmpress.com.au/

Submissions are now open for the 2008 National Young Writers' Festival (NYWF). We are seeking proposals from writers of short fiction and critical non-fiction, poets, novelists, journalists, zinesters, bloggers, playwrights, curators, editors, word-loving performance and installation artists, independent publishers, critics, activists, media geeks, comics artists, theory-heads and more ... to take part in the massive 2008 10th Anniversary festival.

The NYWF has been Australia’s premier event for young and emerging writers and culture-makers for the last decade. In 2008 we celebrate this achievement with a special 10th anniversary festival. The NYWF encompasses over 70 events including readings, panel discussions, performances, exhibitions, interventions and a wide range of special projects, and brings together nearly 200 guests from a huge variety of backgrounds. It is a hands-on festival aimed at writers themselves, with the majority of audiences aged between 18 and 35. As well as playing host to senior and more experienced artists, NYWF is also home to fresh-faced first-timers. If you are passionate about writing and have something to share with thousands of like-minded people from across Australia, we want to hear from you.

Expressions of interest are sought from writers and artists wishing to participate in the 2008 Festival program. We are also seeking proposals for events, performances, installations or workshops of any nature which are in keeping with the NYWF’s style and culture. We will be accepting proposals until Saturday 31st March, 2008.

The 2008 NYWF is on from October 2 - October 6.

Download an application form in Word format or grab the PDF below to print out and post in.

If you have any questions, or want to discuss an idea in person, don't hesitate to get in touch with this year's festival directors:

Amy Ingram: amy(at)nywf(dot)org(dot)au | 0413 006 046
Daniel Evans: daniel(at)nywf(dot)org(dot)au | 0407 594 487
Nicolas Low: nic(at)dislocated(dot)org | 0424 832 231

  
NYWF08CallForProposals_ApplicationForm.pdf