Film rights to Mostafa’s ‘Offshore’ optioned
Filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta has optioned the film rights to Joshua Mostafa’s novella Offshore (Seizure). Mostafa was joint winner of Seizure’s seventh annual Viva La Novella competition, with Carly Cappielli for...
Seizure announces 2019 Viva la Novella shortlist
Seizure has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Viva la Novella competition. This year’s shortlisted authors and their works are: Carly Cappielli for ‘Listurbia’ Grace Chan for ‘The Ship of...
Jackson, Jones win Viva la Novella
Seizure has announced New Zealand authors Anna Jackson and Avi-Duckor Jones as the winners of this year's Viva la Novella competition. They are the first New Zealanders in the competition's six-year...
Seizure announces 2018 Viva la Novella shortlist
Volunteer-run publishing initiative Seizure has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Viva la Novella competition. This year’s shortlisted authors and their works are: Hasti Abbasi for ‘And the Raindrops Fill...
Mulready, Haddad win 2016 ‘Seizure’ Viva La Novella competition
The winners in the 2016 Seizure Viva La Novella competition have been announced. The Bonobo’s Dream by Rose Mulready and Populate and Perish by George Haddad were chosen from more than 100...
‘Seizure’ novella editor announced
Seizure has announced that Tom Langshaw will edit its 2016 Viva La Novella project. Langshaw, who works as an editorial and publishing assistant at Penguin Random House, was chosen from...
Well preserved: Viva La Novella winner Jane Rawson on ‘Formaldehyde’
Jane Rawson’s Formaldehyde is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. The book is an intricately plotted and warm-hearted tale about love, secrets and...
Come into focus: Viva La Novella winner Christy Collins on ‘The End of Seeing’
Christy Collins’ The End of Seeing is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. It follows a grieving Ana, who travels to Europe to...
Voice control: Viva La Novella winner Marlee Jane Ward on ‘Welcome to Orphancorp’
Marlee Jane Ward’s Welcome to Orphancorp is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. The brutal coming-of-age story is about 17-year-old Mirii Mahoney, who...
Shortlist for ‘Seizure’ Viva La Novella competition announced
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition.The six shortlisted authors are: Mark Brandi Christy Collins Nick Gadd Jane Rawson Libby Sommer Marlee Jane Ward. This...
‘Seizure’ novella editors announced
Seizure journal has announced the three editors for its 2015 Viva La Novella project. The successful applicants are Marisa Wikramanayake, Nicola Redhouse and Zoya Patel. Seizure is currently accepting novella...
Seizure Viva La Novella competition winners announced
The four winning novellas in the 2014 Seizure Viva La Novella competition have been announced.Sideshow by Nicole Smith, The Other Shore by Hoa Pham, The Neighbour by Julie Proudfoot and...
Shortlist for ‘Seizure’ Viva La Novella competition announced
Literary journal Seizure has announced the shortlist for this year’s Viva La Novella competition. The eight shortlisted authors are: Daniel Davis Wood Ben Hobson Nicole Holyer Hoa Pham Julie Proudfoot Anna Snoekstra...
Lit magazine ‘Seizure’ relaunches
Literary magazine Seizure relaunched in January with a new website that replaces the biannual print magazine.The website will be updated each week with new writing, which will be kept behind...
‘Seizure’ novella project editors announced
Literary journal Seizure has announced the editors for its inaugural Stepping Stones project, which aims to create career pathways for editors. The editors, who each receive a cash prize of $1000,...
Attendance, box office up at EWF 2013
The 2013 Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) attracted a larger audience and higher box office sales than last year’s festival, according to festival director Sam Twyford-Moore. The festival, which was the first...
Inaugural ‘Seizure’ novella prize winner announced
Melbourne-based author Jane Jervis-Read has won the inaugural Viva La Novella prize offered by Seizure literary journal for her novella Midnight Blue and Endlessly Tall. Jervis-Read was announced as the...