Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Writers Victoria has announced the fourth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Twelve successful writers, booksellers and publishers were selected from 111 applicants to receive a...
Hogan wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2019
Writers Victoria has announced that author and academic Eleanor Hogan has been awarded the $15,000 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for her proposed biography of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates. Her...
Hazel Rowley Fellowship 2019 shortlist announced
Writers Victoria has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, awarded annually to an Australian writer for a proposed biographical work. The shortlisted writers and their projects...
Ko wins Deborah Cass Prize 2018
Writer Karina Ko has won the 2018 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Things I used to Believe’. Chosen from a shortlist of...
Open Your Eyes: Jax Jacki Brown on access and inclusion in publishing
Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria are offering disability awareness training tailored specifically to the publishing industry at the upcoming Independent Publishing Conference in Melbourne. The workshop will cover best-practice language, the...
Deborah Cass 2018 prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for Writers Victoria’s Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The shortlisted works are: ‘Bread of the dead’ by Shannon Anima (Canada) ‘The...
Writers Victoria announces Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund recipients
Writers Victoria has announced the third round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. Nine successful writers, illustrators and translators were selected from 112 applicants to receive a...
Birch to give inaugural State of the (Writing) Nation oration
Writers Victoria in partnership with State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced a new annual oration called State of the (Writing) Nation. Each year, Writers Victoria will choose a prominent Australian...
Writers Vic to launch digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019
Writers Victoria will launch a new digital writers-in-residence program for carers in 2019, after it received an arts grant from the City of Melbourne in its recent funding round. The...
Writers Victoria launches Publishability program
Writers Victoria has launched Publishability, a two-year initiative to support emerging writers living with disability. Publishability will provide two authors with mentorship, editing, professional development opportunities, and financial support over...
Writers Vic announces 2018 Glenfern Fellowships
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of this year’s Glenfern Fellowships. The fellowships were awarded to Anna Sublet for her book on grief and relationships, Melissa Manning for her collection...
Writers Vic announces winners of Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition
Writers Victoria has announced the 2018 winners of the Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. The winner in the fiction category was Amanda Hildebrandt for her story ‘Market Day’. Margaret Hickey...